7-9-25 VERMONT: Lily, Danna, Matt, and Harrison were here for the Fourth weekend. They helped us get the boat out of the barn and into the pond and pulled the buggy out of the barn. We went to the parade in Strafford, visited the church on the green and the meeting house. We had dinners on the deck, preceded by celebratory beverages.
In Strafford, Coburn’s General Store has been sold by the family to a group of investors from the town, and the transfer happened on the Fourth. A new sign was hung, and everybody marched in the parade. We bought shirts and hats that marked the occasion.
The kids were in and out of the boat harassing the frogs with little nets and actually captured one, but he/she escaped from the bucket.
We all went to an miniature art show/sale at the Justin Morrill Homestead. Judy is bidding on a couple of the items.
The kids went to the fireworks show in Fairlee. They left after a pancake breakfast on Sunday morning.
Today, Anna, Gardner, Younchin arrived with GGS Emmett. He is mad about the dogs, his fire engine and his personal chair.
New blooms: phlox, bee balm, rhododendron, catmint, hybrid daylily, red spirea [actually out for a couple weeks].
Seen in the parade. Parade attendee. lily and Danna at the Meeting House in Strafford. Inside the Meeting House. Hunters on safari. Beverages on the deck. Renegade frog. Water lily flower.