Shoveling in PJs

We got a little snow on Wednesday, and Wil had a haircut to get to. So while he showered, I shoveled. I cleared the truck then, since there was no wind and it wasn't too cold, I cleared a space for my Mini (which was at the shop getting its snow tires put on), cleared my neighbour's walkway and shoveled out the mailboxes. The fun part is that I did it while still wearing my PJs. Mind you, it's not uncommon for folks around here to wear PJs to go grocery shopping. So I don't think I shocked anyone who drove by while I was shoveling out the mailboxes. 🤣

Mount Mansfield with Snowcover

 

Hallo December!

 

                                                            Vermont Statehouse                  Photo by Steve Collier

Goodbye November!

BONUS NOTE:  Referring to THURSDAY night!

Leucistic Goldfinch!

 

The Play's the Thing!

 

inside Royall Tyler Theatre

UVM's Royall Tyler Theatre

 

Stream

4-year-old Abigail Edan is in the hands of Red Cross officials

Daughter's Birthday

 

Home Again, Home Again

Thanksgiving Day

 I set out to find something pithy for this post,
then something humble,
but ended up with
something silly. 

Haven't we had enough solemnity lately? 

All you good souls deserve a little sweet fun.  

A blessing on you each, from Candied Pumpkin Pie.

(puddle, we're twins!) 

(And Wil is Drumstick Gobblestein!  LOL!)

Pie Baking Day! 🥧

Home Made Pumpkin Pie from scratch

2023

Apple Pie made locally

 

Over the River and Through the Woods

 

Shopping Day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN!

 

Sabbath Rest

 

Freedom

"Men and women can never be truly free until they have plenty to eat, and time and ability to read and think and talk things over."
- Henry A. Wallace[Click] (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965)

🥳 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOWARD DEAN! 🐋

                                                                                     ~ Getty Images

 

Stick Season

 

Where Could Kitty Be?

 

Train Trestle, Waterbury VT

 

Snow Soon

Vesper Light

 

Honoring those who served

 

First Dusting! ☃️

This is what we woke up to on Thursday.

 

Climbing Roses' Berries

 

It Makes All The Difference

Blue Sky Day

 

Does it solve stress or cause stress?

 

Well now...

 

We're off to see the Wizard!

Perseverance

 

All Souls Night

A song from the point of view of the dead - who return at this time of year,

when the veil between worlds is thin - to dance with the living

lyrics

Long ago we walked these roads

That today you boldly tread

We tilled the fields and we built the homes

Where now you dwell instead

We broke our hearts on Time's harsh wheel

We laughed, we loved, we lost

We saw the sun both rise and set

And for that glory paid the cost

So let your voices sing and your drumbeat sound

Let the sacred fire burn bright

For the dead will dance with the living

All on this All Soul's Night

Remember, oh remember, at this turning of the year

Our faces long forgotten. Speak our names and draw us near.

Remember, oh remember, so that we may know again

The sound of living voices and the warmth of living kin

So let your voices sing and your heartbeat sound

Let the sacred fire burn bright

For the dead will dance with the living

All on this All Soul's Night

credits

from Samhain: Songs For All Souls' Night, released October 14, 2021

Lael Whitehead: vocals, digital harp, bass,

Marley Iredale: rhodes piano

Susan Larkin: violins

Jesse Thom: drums, percussiom

Track art: Julia Iredale

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All Saints Day

 

🤠🎃👻 HAPPY HALLOWE'EN! ☠️👹🤖

The origins of Hallowe'en: https://glossophilia.org/2017/10/halloween/

Name him Spook...

 

Rarrrrr!

 

Time to carve a few!

 

Horses on the Hillside

 

Barn at the Orchard

 

Justice

 

The longest foliage season for reds!

Health Care?

 

Steeple