Lilacs were very much in bloom throughout most of VT last weekend; this is the west side of an 18th century house that the first governor of VT, Thomas Chittenden, once lived in.
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Looking towards the back porch, ocean side, of a summer cottage, ready to go for the season (see earlier posts – Offseason I and II).
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Lake Champlain, (above) a body of water 125 miles long and up to 14 miles wide, has seen record levels of flooding thru much of May 2011. That’s particularly impressive given that data goes back to the mid 1800s. This photograph was taken on an exceptional spring day, when everyone, it seemed, was glad to have a break from the rainy weather.
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These rooms stood empty for the greater part of 20 years, the owner in a nursing home, so the story goes. One spring evening, walking in the back yard among daffodils that seemed none the worse for wear from the inattention, I heard kids playing off in the valley below, and felt that the owners probably had a good life here. But who knows? The artwork was in a pile of rubbish elsewhere in the house, which has since been torn down.
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This image, and the six preceding, were all taken on the grounds of North Hill Gardens, in Readsboro, VT. The “pergola walk” is only one of the many highlights of this wonderful southern VT property. The pergola itself is made of basswood, reputed to last “at least your lifetime and a day”, by the old timer who provided it. My article on North Hill, with a number of different photographs than those shown here, can be found in the March/April 2011 issue of Vermont magazine, via the Publications tab at the top of this page.
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We don’t see too many cats out of doors around where I live, as there’s an active coyote population about. On the North Hill property, though, a couple of house cats roam freely. John, one of the gardeners, does recount the time, however, when Achilles (shown above) came back to the house pretty freaked out, and wouldn’t go back out for a couple of days. We wondered if he had met up with a Fisher cat, or perhaps even coyotes.
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A portrait of John, the aforementioned gardener, in two different styles. Just couldn’t make up my mind about which way to go, so I’m leaving it up to him and his friends on Facebook to decide. Update: he and his friends liked this one. I’ll leave the other one, in part because there’s clearly a different feel between them, and when taken together, show the possibilities in digital post processing.
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