FIrst order of business today was to go let Jerry and Nat’s dog Kota out for a quick run and bathroom break. SHe was happy to see me !

Today we decided to do one of our favorite hikes.. we drove up Bolton notch road and parked our car and walked back home via the old duch brook trail. We love this trai.. it could use a bit more trailmarking now that its not part of the long trail.. we always get a little lost

We noticed soem great paw prints .. May bobcat ? cayote ? not sure >

 

ALways see this old grafitti on the trees.. makes me sad to see the trees marked like this.. but is cool history.. I guess

 

We got to walk over a frozen bever dam.. hope we didnt wake anyone !

 

We left a sam stone at duck brook shelter

 

One cool other theme for the day was reflections.. (I should reflect on that . Check out the trick of light when the sun hit the vary small print on the edge of this airtag

 

We also saw these cool reflection on a side of a house.. but never figured out where they were coming from..

 

Now thts somethign to reflect on !

nite all, nite sam

-me

Today we got the quilt that our sister in-law denise had made just for us. We got to pick out the pattern and the colors when we were down in Kansas last march

Denise is a master quilter.. she has a huge computer controlled cutting and quilting machine that is a wonder of automation. 
Aftr picking the design, we baught the cloth and denise went to work..It was a year in the works.. . and  it arrived today.  !!
It is so amazingly beautiful.. Check this out !

Thank you so much Denise !!.. We will always treasure this !

 

The second excitement for the day was our first cahance to meet Baby James.. the new son of our good freind Kevin and Margaret   They brayght james by to meet us .. he’s so cute !

It was great cathinng up with Kevin and Mrgaret. THey are really enjoying their ‘baby moon ” !

BUt wait.. thres’s more !

later in the day we met up with Tim. Jen and Deb for a  belated birthday  dinner for your’s truly. we had a lovely dinner at the Stowe village inn that our friends Mike and lauren have beautifully refurbished. The place is gorgeous.. , the food was great and the friends were wonderful as always. 

 

The final event for this very fun and busy day was goign down to walk our freinds Jerry and Nat’s dog kota. THey are out of town for the evening.. .. LKota is such a sweetie !

Wow.. what a jam packed day !

nite all, nite sam

-me

Remember last mOnday when diane and her friends clamber Camels hump and butt sleded down ? 
TOday was my turn. Diane and I grbbed our seld and hicked up to the top of camelshump. It was a gorgeous day… I’ve never seen the wind more calm a t the top..

Being on top of the maintain was fun.. but the most fun was sleddign down. It was insanely fun.. you go SOOO fast. 

 

There were at least 3 feet of snow at the top.. not muc really for this time of year.. but we’ll take it !

 

We live in such a beutiful place !

nite all, nite sam

-me

• Late this afternoon I drove home and picked up Diane and we drove to Barre. Our young frind Jovian is turning 2 years old today. We drove to our Friend Rachel’s house for the party. Rachel is a freind from way back who recently moved back to Vermont. She just baught this house.. its a really curte place in the heart of Barre. The place was full of big people and little people.   It was great meeting so many new people !

Happy birthday Jovian !!  

nite all, nite sam

-me