Kathryn Adelle - Our Granddaughter

Meet Kathryn Adelle, our new Granddaughter, at 3 days.

Pat pinched her just before I snapped this one.

 Dad (Graham) and daughter.  this is probably the first baby he has held.

Not  Vermont, but still pretty spectacular!

Kathryn Adelle Black

Arrived at 4:23 pm on October 21, weighting 5lb, 14oz.   She is a beautiful little girl.  Mom and dad are doing fine.

TIME OUT

No Vermont blogs for a while. We are in BR for about a month.  Graham and his wife Jesicca are having our first grandchild this Friday.  I'll post grandfather stuff soon.

Winterizing

About half the leave are off the trees and I've raked twice alrady.  One of the biggest lifestyle shifts here is that Vermonters PREPARE for the coming winter.  Here is a list of to do/done so far.
- drain  and store hoses and cover outdoor taps. 
- cover all perinnial beds with leaves too provide insulation
- remove screens on doors and install storm glass. 
- remove AC units
- remove mower deck and attach snow blower to tractor
- store deck furniture and grill
- get snow tires and sand bags for truck
- get 'hi-test' anti-freeze (-40 F) and washer fluid.  install snow blade windshield wipers

Most of this is done already. The rest will be finished soon.   Temps are expected to drop into high or even mid 20's tonight. 

for those who asked for a picture of me and my tractor, here it is.   The cart was a a freebie, thanks to free-cycle, St. Johnsbury.   Note the writing on the lawn cartl leaning against the tractor barn.  I think it proves we are supposed to be here!

Today was Autumn on the Green in Danville, Vt, a little town about 12 miles west of here.  It is one of the largest craft fairs in the state.  Last year there were 160 vendors.  I didn't count this year, but I'm sure at least 100 were there.  Much better food than most of the smaller fairs we visited this summer.  Also more variety in the crafts. 

Below are some pics from the fair and the town.

The line of cars going to the fair in this first picture is folks going to the fair as we were leaving. Glad we went early!

 This is the front view of the same church

 That's Pat petting the sheep dog.