18 September 2023 - A rainy day and Monday. We did school in the morning and then the kids and I drove to Newport to hang out at the library for a while before we went on to Walmart to buy groceries. It was a good little outing for a soggy day.
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| We read this one on my libby app on my computer, which actually worked quite well! Someone recommended it to go along with Farmhouse because of the house cutaways and we found it completely delightful! So many funny little details that we just loved discovering! |
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| Coloring table in the kids room at the Goodrich Memorial Library in Newport. Seriously so cozy and cute in this place! |
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| This was displayed on the fireplace mantel in the children's room I and immediately snatched it and sat down to read it to myself. Before we left, I gathered Cal and Sam by me on the couch and read it again to them. We all loved it! Not actually a fall book, but it would go great with other apple-themed books that I love this time of year. 🍎 |
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| Makes my heart go pitter pat. Even if it’s Dog Man that he’s reading. 😍 |
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| Not the first time I’ve spotted her reading in a library in Vermont in this position. 😆🥰 |
20 September 2023 - Gregg had a meeting in Stowe on Wednesday morning, so we tagged along (definitely a pattern lately that we are loving!). This time, the kids and I walked from the Inntopia office to the library (surprise, surprise) to spend the couple hours. It was the most glorious morning! We loved the walk through town and got to go on the covered pedestrian bridge that we've driven by millions of times but haven't ever walked through. We read a pile of "house" books while we were there and the kids played on the computer and I walked to the post office to mail some postcards. When Gregg was done with his meeting, he picked us up and we ate our picnic lunch on a picnic table near "Quiet Path", which we then walked on after we ate. We headed back to Jay after our walk, but made a stop for a few hours at Eden Lake where we sat on a bench and soaked up the sun and watched the water. And the kids played in the sand. Bliss!
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| Not great lighting in the sun and with my camera, but this is the loveliest view of Stowe from the path on Mountain Road. |
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| Covered bridge for humans! |
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| View from the covered bridge. |
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| Better lighting on the other side. |
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| This is part of a gas station, but it's just so cute! Look at that mossy roof! |
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| Another cute porch right in the heart of Stowe. |
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| On the visitor center door. |
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| We still had a few minutes till the library would open, so we walked behind the church to see what we could see. The beginning of the rec path behind the church had this really cool mural. |
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| Map of the Stowe rec path. |
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| Fun house/home books we enjoyed on the couch in the Stowe Library (counts as school!). |
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| This was on the wall in the Stowe library and I just thought it was so good. |
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| Waiting out front of the library for Gregg to come pick us up for lunch. |
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| The library is on church street. I wonder why it's named that? |
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| The library is so cute! |
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| I learned some things here at our little picnic spot. Did you know the first polio epidemic started in Vermont? This was a monument honoring the March of Dimes. |
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| The view of Mansfield from Quiet Path. Isn't that lovely? |
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| A quiet walk on Quiet Path. |
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| Eden Lake on a blue sky day. |
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| Best life. |
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| Oh yeah, we played some crazy tetherball, too. That was a hoot! |
22 September 2023 - Friday again, another trip to Eden Lake after school. We wore swim suits this time. And took the kayak out of the back of the car for the first time since we got here. We took it out on the lake for a spin and daydreamed again about having a house on a lake and having it be Lake Eden.
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| I'm always finding surprises on my phone from this hooligan. |
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| Bon voyage! |
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| While the boys were out on the lake, I finished this one on my kindle app on my phone. Heatha recommended it and I loved it. I could completely relate to the essay about purses. Hoo boy. |
