I may have to ask the farmer who owns this land, Bub Hubner, if he ever considered painting a high water mark on the side of the barn. It would be a new measure, I suppose, indicative of both the snow accumulation and the speed of the snowplow.
Amy and her husband bought a house in Wardsboro in 1963; three of the kitchen doors, it turns out, were decorated by Feodor Rojankovsky sometime in the 1930’s. She tells the story in the May/June, 2008 issue of Vermont magazine.
Over 70 years ago, the famous artist and illustrator of children’s books decorated the kitchen doors of a Wardsboro home where he was often a guest. See above post.
This gentleman stands at the front door of the home he was born in, 77 years ago. We tell some stories, share a few laughs, lament the difficulties young kids face today: “I’m glad I’m on the backside of my life now..”
Fifteen minutes before the actual “Penguin Plunge”, where these guys and 150+ others will jump into a 34 degree F. ocean, all to benefit the Special Olympics. Theirs was the most boisterous preparation by far.