White and Cold.

2-1-24 VERMONT: We came up last Saturday between bad weather days. It was an easy trip. As soon as we settled in, I started coughing from a cold, which is now starting to clear. Judy didn’t get it, so far. 

Vermont is white and cold. The sky has been overcast since we’ve been here. We have a foot of snow around the house. Judy has put on snowshoes and trekked out into the pasture with the dogs. They use her trail.  

 

Monday we went to Smith’s auction house to pick up Alison’s rug and Judy’s latest acquisition, a trade sign from an old inn. We hung it on the new side of the house, and it looks great. 

Tuesday the solar people came to the house to evaluate that part of the roof where the panels will be deployed and decided we can get a few more panels than previously estimated. 

Wednesday Dave the plumber came to fix a few leaky faucets and a leak under the kitchen sink.

Friday it’s back to NJ. 

Horses and Barns.

The upper pond and the brook.

The lower pond after another snow fall.

Horses doing what horses do best--eating hay.

Bally snuggled into the snow eating something. Probably best not to ask what it is.

The new house living room has become a tavern.