Okay, so I missed a week. I am going to try to make up for it with 2 posts this week. Things have been busy around here. The weather has been pretty amazing and whoa, what a year for apples. We went apple picking two weeks ago, and have been feasting on apple pie, apple crisp, and for breakfast, apples sauteed in butter and brown sugar to put on top of our oatmeal! My plan for the rest of the apples is to make applesauce and can it.


Sarah R. visited us over the Columbus Day weekend, which was tons of fun. We went to the apple pie festival in East Dummerston, VT where they sell 1,500 pies and pie by the slice with locally made cheddar or ice cream. It was jam packed with people, including several hundred people on motorcycles.



We also stopped in Bellows Falls on the way home to grab some lunch and to check out my new studio space, but I didn't yet have the keys. We got caught in the Fire Prevention Week parade which was full of marching bands, fireman, and old and new fire trucks.



Garet and I have also been spending lots of time with our new cats, Pliny and Ovid. We just started the woodstove, and as you can see, they love it!




I will post some photos of the studio space in the next blog....

Week 2 in a Row!

Okay, I think Thursday will be my day for blogging. It has been a super busy week. I have looked at studio space and found a good fit, but don't yet know if we can have it (I had to write a proposal), so I am waiting to hear before posting any photos.

The leaves are starting to turn like crazy. Several people I've talked to that are long time VT-residents have said this is the most spectacular the leaves have been in years. It is unbelievable and it is only just beginning.



This is what I see when I open my eyes in the morning and look out the window.


Last weekend we drove down to a town in the mountains to pick up a big restaurant sink I found on craigslist for $50! The person who was selling it lived in the middle of nowhere in this beautiful house. He was an artist and super nice and I took this photo of a sculpture in his yard.



We borrowed a pick-up truck from Joan, Garet's mom, to get the sink, and these are some little critters I found in her yard that morning.




The cocoon has what a nearly-formed monarch butterfly inside. I couldn't believe the gold beads on the outside. When I got up close, I could see the wings pressed up against the translucent green cocoons. 

The wooly caterpillar says it is going to be very cold for a short time at the beginning of winter. We shall see...