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It is now November 3rd.  The colder weather has rolled in and the lovely shades of reds and yellows are gone.  The trees are mostly bare.  We are entering the season of stark contrasts, highs and lows. I have been told some folks call it stick season- the season before the snow, where the trees are bare, sticks blowing in the wind. The snow will roll in.  Not sure when, but it will come.  Boys anxiously awaiting its arrival and the beginning of ski season.  Also the beginning of snow pants, warm socks, base layers , hats, gloves, and more layers. Things a Southerner could really never think about getting her hands around.

Cheticamp, Nova Scotia Hopewell Rocks- Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick Lighthouse on the Bay of Fundy, NB dory at 5:30 a.m. Mahone Bay, NS Sunset - Stanhope, Prince Edward Island hike in the rain - Bay of Fundy, NB Skyline Trail - Cabot Trail, NS More of the Skyline Trail Bay of Fundy National Park, awesome tent! The Ovens, Nova Scotia Bay St. Lawrence, NS

We joined some friends for the Labor Day weekend in Swanton, VT.  Swanton is about three miles from the Canadian border on the NY side of the state and it is on Lake Champlain.   It was a lovely spot and wonderful to getaway. We enjoyed time with friends as well as exploring a different corner of the state of VT.  It was a blustery but beautiful weekend and fun was had by all! view from our bedroom windows another view of the lake William on the lawn Lake Champlain - looks more like the beach! another view but from the shoreline the "beach" is shale - it makes really interesting designs James and Thomas Ah, a hammock! James walking down by the water William and James skipping shale  Thomas joins in! I thought I might get in the water....nope! lovely setting Bill and James looking at tree roots beautiful sunset

A piece of our family is missing.  James has gone to camp. A week and a couple of days ago we dropped an excited and increasingly nervous James off at Camp Billings. The Camp is in Fairlee, VT, 20 minutes from our house.  We have driven by this camp for the last three summers and this summer, we have someone there to experience its charm and traditions that began back in 1906. These two weeks are all about James and I hope he is taking full advantage of the freedom to do what he wants to do!  With and older and younger brother, he seems to be sandwiched in between the comings and going of everyone else - but not these two weeks! I still drive by the camp on occasion as I go out to another part of the lake to pick up the other boys at camp, and we have had two glimpses of James.  Both times he has been playing tennis on the courts that are close to the street.  I can pick him out because, both times he was wearing very colorful tie-dyed t-shirts.  He l...

James has always been a creative soul.  Here are two poems he wrote recently. One he did for me for Mother's Day and the other for his brother to commiserate his broken arm. Enjoy! Mothers Day It's a special time It's a time to rhyme It's a time to rise And open your eyes It's a time to cheer This is the best part of the year You just have to stay in bed Get cosey, rest your head 'Cus it's all about you You won't hear a single boo It's the best day in May It's MOTHERS DAY! Poor Boy Poor boy No joy Poor guy It's not a lie No joke Arm broke Like I said He's not dead! First time That's a rhyme! I feel sad He feels mad I didn't know at all Until Mom made a call I felt sorry So did you Poem's over Now we're through. And while we are on James, here he is at his 4th grade Wax Museum event last night as Benjamin Franklin! ...

Highlights from an early trip to DC before break with James and Thomas and then onto Spring Break at the beach! William was in DC for the week on a school trip! We have now accomplished a "right of passage" for a first grader! First time on the National Mall! Washington Monument Air and Space Museum National Gallery Sculpture Garden Metal Tree Natural History Museum taking a well deserve rest! Tidal Basin and Jefferson Memorial Cherry Blossoms - we were there at their peak! Thomas - Marine Museum  James - Marine Museum on to the beach! beautiful marsh and homes our home on Sunset and new palms Bill planted Thomas in the ER.....broken arm purple cast!