I’ve been remiss is keeping up this journal. We spent a very busy week with Caroline, cramming in a lot of Barcelona and Gaudi buildings, and then took an overnight trip to see Salvador Dali’s house, hike in a natural park with volcanoes and stroll through Girona. Now, Liz is here!

I’ll spare everyone a boring travelogue (at least for now). But ( Read more... )

First, a link to the slide show of the dresses designed and created by Morgan.

Behind the cut, the photo shoot at my house.

First, a nice one of the four girls:


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Last Wednesday was the Valentine’s Day blizzard. We got 30 inches in Montpelier, which might be a record.

School was canceled on Wednesday. Again on Thursday. And on Friday. Montpelier is taking its sweet time cleaning up this mess. Now, I understand that this was a big blizzard and we got a lot of snow. But this is Montpelier, VERMONT. It snows ( Read more... )

Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I'm sharing what I did this weekend in pictures. (Lots of pictures.) For those of you unable to enjoy our beautiful foliage in person -- here it is!

On Saturday, I took a walk downtown. This tree shows a nice interplay of yellows and greens.


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This is the 11th year we've vacationed in Truro on Cape Cod. The beaches are beautiful, even if the water is wicked cold.

The first few days we endured a heat wave. On Sunday, our friends joined us at Head of the Meadow beach (which was unfortunately clogged with seaweed). Here, Ken and Jane bake:


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Here are a few photos

( Dressing up and Boston )

This weekend was just glorious. The weather was ideal - blue sky, no clouds, not too hot.

On Saturday, Rich and I drove again to Burlington to bike along the ( Read more... )

Voila! Here they are(These were taken at the Vermont Quilt Festival last month.) I wish I ( Read more... )

Pumpkin, one of my cats, hasn’t been eating lately, been lethargic. We took him to the vet this morning, and learned that he may have cancer, which is sad.

We don’t know anything yet, other than that he has a tumor and his kidneys are enlarged - we'll know more when the test results come back. Eventually we’ll have to make decisions.

Pumpkin and ( Read more... )