HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM OUR NEW HOME IN ARLINGTON VERMONT

Enjoying the NEK with friends

 We helped our friends Bill Roddy and Judy Lowry with their Christmas tree. Then we had a lovely dinner to cheer away the darkness. Bill has built two chimneys and a woodfired oven for us. And he is still going strong. Judy is a master artist who gave us our wonderful painted canoe paddles and oars that will grace our new home in Arlington to remind us of our wonderful years in Brownington.

Starting to decorate...

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This was a fun project. Nice fireplace, but not using it. With an extra tv, dvd player and dvd, we have something (with sound) that substitutes for the real thing. Eventually, we will have a stove insert of some sort.


Lights and Lava lamp help brighten things up during this dark time of year.

First week in Arlington

Closing day

much cleaning, but a lava fire

my friend Susan's wreath is perfect

first curtains

final arrangement before the TV

John settled right in

Thanksgiving in Bennington with the family,
first time in many years and now more to come.

dining area and curtain to keep out the cold

backseat drivers

winter came early this year. 

Waiting for Arlington

What a change from the log house we have now. White, white, white.... outside and inside.  It's a nice little Cape style, well known to both of us, with 3.34 acres of mostly woods, small yard and a barn. Just the right combination for the next chapter.

Here is a link to the pictures from the web and the pictures we took.  Flikr album... Arlington, VT

We are waiting for the many steps to take place that will lead to the closing in mid November.
Meanwhile, 2 in of snow greeted us this morning. Too early, too early.

Digging up the Dahlias

I think we have a lot of Dahlias. I gave some away before this picture was taken.  Storing in the root cellar which can be kept at the right temperature and is not dry. But honestly, that is a lot of them.

Before they will see the light of day, we have to buy the house and create a flower bed in the spring. No idea about any of this, but it will all make sense eventually.

These were a combination of 2-3 yr old Costco plants and 1 yr old Home depot plants. They all did well.
THIS IS WHY WE GROW DAHLIAS.....
Thanks to the gardens at Campabello where we first saw them, and perhaps to the Roosevelts if they were grown there when they spent time there, I don't know. We just love them.  My winter crochet project will be to make life size dahlias from pink and yellow yarn I found.