We had a fun surprise this morning… A couple of days ago Maks sent us a cool small 3-D printed model Of our house. Also in the box was a bag that was labeled reward… Inside it was a beautiful 3-D printed version of an angler fish.… Max wrote a note that said we would know ‘who to give it to when the time came’. We had no idea what that meant so for the last couple of days we’ve had a really cool iridescent angler fish on our kitchen counter.

This morning ‘Diane walked out and found this young woman putting a note on our back door. She was getting ready to take a picture of it. It look like this

We started talking to her and realized that she was up from Brooklyn… Visiting her parents that lived over on Nashville Road. Has she talk shit told us that she had met Maks in Brooklyn… That’s when I realized that Max was on the poster

We had fun talking and she was about to leave when all of a sudden Diane shouted “reward”!

I was confused for a second and then I remembered the angler fish. We went inside quickly and wrapped it up and gave it to her…

It turns out that Danielle and Max had met at a Halloween party where Max was a minor with a lamp and Danielle was An angler fish with a light… From there they became friends… Max learned that Danielle was coming up to Vermont to see her folks and she asked if there was anything she could do for him. Last night Max sent that poster and said go take it to my parents

She had no idea what was going on and neither did we. So it was really fun putting it all together.

Max… You are such a crazy creative person. Thanks for brightening all of our days .we love you !

Nite sam , nite all

-me

Not a whole lot to report today. I did have my first committee meeting at generator in over four months. This was a safety… We met at an open atrium it’s social distance with masks… It was eerie… But it was great to be with friends

 

Man… It’s late. Gotta  go to sleep

 

 ite all, nite sam

-me

Nice slow day here at home… Temperature is rising so I’m camped out in an air-conditioned room. Chai is in here with me too

What a great thing that happened today as we got a wedding announcement from our friends Elsa and Sarah. Like many other folks they had wedding plans that’s a pandemic changed on them. They did it anyway. They’re a wonderful match… Can’t wait to see them in person. Congratulations you guys… Hope to see you soon !

Nite all, nite sam

-me

We decided to take a vacation day and do a little bit of exploring of northern Vermont. After a quick doggie walk… Diane and I pack everything we have in the car to allow for hiking, running, or bike riding

First stop was to drop by the Y cc and talk to ‘Kyle about doggy care .

Next stop is Johnson where we got our bikes up and rode about 14 miles on the lamoille valley rails to trails

It was really nice riding… In the woods and along the river most of the way

When we got back to the car we decided we’d head up to see our friends Lucie and victor. That is always been part of the plan… But we thought we might go hiking too. We were just feeling too lazy. We took the scenic route up there and stopped at a lake near Eden Vermont to have a picnic. The lake is full of frogs and tadpoles and leeches… All very cool

Next stop with Lucie and viktor’s in Richford Vermont. Their house actually backs up onto the Canadian border. It’s such a beautiful place

We sat around talking… At one point we were talking about sharks and I happened to notice a cloud going by… Actually above Canada… That look like a shark

It was fun exploring their land… They have a bout 150 acres. Including a pond lots of berries, goats, flowers, hay fields

And it’s a short shuffle to the actual Canadian border… As always I went up to it… But didn’t cross it out of respect for the law

Around 4 o’clock we said goodbye to our friends and headed home

We love seeing them… We’re gonna come back soon and maybe give them some help on the farm

I got home about 5:30… Got the dogs a walk… And then headed over to Mason for his birthday. He was showing outdoor movies today tonight was Raiders of the lost Ark

Super fun to see her friends there Albiet at a distance

Final stop at the evening was to take ‘Kyle back over to the farm to make sure all the chickens were there. She had chores today. Diane and I got to walk all around the farm helping her look for chickens… They have about 250 of them but they were all closely huddled

What a great full day…

Vermont in the summer is gorgeous… Even during the pandemic

Nite all, nite sam

-me