Vermont Snow Covered Walkway Bridge and Stream-Wordless Wednesday

New England Treasures

Everywhere I go in Vermont, no matter what season – there’s always a photo opportunity waiting for me!

The state recently received over 30 inches of snow from the monstrous blizzard last week that affected the East Coast.

My BFF from kindergarten lives in Enfield, New Hampshire. She owns Bearly Used Books, a really cute used book store, complete with pellet stoves, and recently sent me a book on how to shoot scenic photography.

This scenic picture was taken on the way to Northfield, Vermont – home to Norwich University.

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Vermont Snow Covered Mountains: Wordless Wednesday

Green Mountains

Before I met my son-in-law, I think I’d only been up to Vermont once to go skiing when I was in high school.  My husband and I would travel up Interstate 91 to go to New Hampshire for vacations, but we never really left the highway to see this beautiful state.

My oldest daughter’s husband is a Vermonter.  I’m so excited that I can now experience the beauty of the Green Mountain state’s four seasons through the eyes of locals, and not as a tourist!  My daughter’s in-laws know all the back roads with magnificent views!

This photo was taken on our way to a birthday party outside Montpelier, Vermont’s capitol.  My charming son-in-law’s cousins live atop this spectacular mountain!  The view will take your breath away!

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Connecticut Farm Barn and Pasture – Wordless Wednesday

Off The Beaten Path

Earlier this month there was a tragedy at a clean energy power plant being built in Connecticut along the Connecticut River.  My husband and I were out for a ride in Portland, just across the narrowest part of the river from Middletown, where the plant was located.   We were able to see the remains of the plant from the road.

Along the way with nothing in site except a small baby eagle, soaring overhead looking for dinner, we passed this quaint farm barn.

I didn’t have my digital camera with me, so this was the best I could do with my cell phone.

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Little Old School House Connecticut – Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

In New England, you can drive to almost any town and find little old school houses.  Some are one or two-room buildings.  The children would each have their own rooms, with boys taught in one room, and girls in the other.  Many have been preserved as museums, or converted into community buildings for use such as art leagues.  Some are on the National Historic Register.

This historic schoolhouse is in Windsor, Connecticut.

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Connecticut Shade Tobacco Farm Barns – Wordless Wednesday

Windsor

Shade Tobacco Farm Barns - Windsor, Connecticut

More scenes from our weekend drives.  During the summer months, coverings are placed over the poles to shade the tobacco leaves from the sun.

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Farm Fence and Pine Trees: Connecticut Winter – Wordless Wednesday

Connecticut Countryside

This photo was taken in Windsor, Connecticut – the oldest town in the state.  It reminds me of the poem by Robert Frost - “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”

Where do you think the path leads?

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Yellow Farming Barns in Connecticut – Wordless Wednesday

Waiting for Spring

More shade tobacco agricultural barn farm scenes off the beaten path in Connecticut.

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Red Barn Country – Connecticut – Wordless Wednesday

Red Farm Barn

One Sunday my husband and I were out for a drive and came across some tobacco farm barns.  Connecticut is famously known for growing shade tobacco.

I like the stark contrast of this red barn against the winter tree line.

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Connecticut River Back Roads – Wordless Wednesday

Where the Eagles Soar

During the winter months you can often see Eagles soaring over the Connecticut River.  Depending on how cold it gets, the river will ice up.

There’s many country back roads that parallel the river from Essex to Saybrook, and over the years, we’ve traversed them all four seasons to see the beautiful views here in Connecticut!  You’re also able to see some beautiful estates during the winter, since the leaves on the trees are gone!

This photo was taken along one such road in Essex.

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Santa’s Workshop – Wickham Park Connecticut – Wordless Wednesday

You Better Be Good

We took the grandkids, ‘Lil Moomette (3) and Slugger (16 months)  to see Santa at Wickham Park in Manchester, Connecticut on Sunday.

It’s so magical there, and my most favorite place to visit!  It’s not commercialized, like the shopping malls.  The park, high up on a hill overlooking Hartford,  is beautiful in winter – all decked out with colored lights, and we went when the sun was starting to set!

Santa’s helpers, the elves were there, along with train sets, a roaring fire in the fieldstone fireplace; Mrs. Claus was passing out cookies, and there was a huge Christmas tree that reached the top of the cathedral ceiling in the log cabin house!

Happy Holidays from my family to yours!

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