Vermonts

The house. In Vermonts. Town of West Rutland. Looks nice from the outside...
From "the Hill" looking at the back of the house and large hill (or "mountain") in the distance.
Aaaaa! A "red" squirrel! A bolshevik for sure!
Imagine breathing in this dust for five days... I have one word to describe it - gray boogers
The barn in the early morning mist. Creepy.
The framed out "new" bathroom, with the old bathroom beyond...
The neighbor's business card. Awesome.
Pan that Shelly made from foil.
The dumpster with the contents of the garage, shed and potting shed.

Fish Torture

Notice the happy little sailor on the front of the cooler. Booze makes you happy!
Life is like a bowl of peanuts... in a fish.
The golden years... Too old to see anything or remember anything, or avoid crapping your pants.
I guess the "shop vac" attachment is a dead give away that this isn't a real pirate home. But, damn it, this should be on every self-respecting pirate's front porch.
Groundhog. Aka woodchuck, marmot, porch pig... He saw his/her shadow so we now have six more weeks of ninety-three percent humidity.
The fish is just playing dead.
I got this photo before barely escaping with my life. The eastern cottontail eats plants, fruits, vegetables and once it acquires a taste for them; humans!

Pictures of God

Proof he loves us? These are from the 7 Barrel Brew Pub in West Lebanon, New Hampshire. Live free or DIE (coolest state motto by a mile).

A walk in the woods near Quechee Gorge... Vermont.

Old timey worky shop tools. Neat. In West Lebanon, NH.

Tips for the Holiday Inn Express in White River Junction, Vermont... Idea for Holiday Inn Express commercial, "I'm not a mortician, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!" Hilarity ensues.

Quechee "Gorge" in the Vermonts. I guess gorge doesn't mean what I thought...

Pet owner cemetery. Near West Rutland, Vermont.

A profound statement, really. After all, aren't we all looking for the shortcut to Main Street? This is the "backdoor" to the Madison Brewery in Bennington, Vermont. The "Crowtown" beer that they brew is the best I've ever had. Period. Orange-brown, murky and hoppy as hell.

Not sure what a Stark Hose is... Or why it gets it's own house. Is hose home ownership on the rise? There goes the neighborhood... (Bennington, VT)

Countdown to Duck, NC

There's more than one way to skin a dingo

The Green Mountain Grille in Stockbridge, Vermont. As local as you can get.

Why live in Vermont? This picture is the rule, not the exception.

This is to the left of the picture above (staple them together for a panorama!)

We looked at a tree farm on 20 acres! We'd have more land than the pope!

Good times on the New York Thruway, 'nuff said... http://www.coxsackie.org/

Matthew 13: 3-33

What is this? Surely a sign from God that he is angry! When will we forsake Satan and his innumerable delights? Take heed sinners! The time of Judgement is at hand.

Birds!

The bridge from Brattleboro, Vermont into New Hampshire (Live free or die!).

A zebra in Vermont...

Photographic proof that sheep are lazy and shiftless. The Billings Farm near Woodstock, Vermont.

Shelly's new friend at the Billings Farm...

The maximum security Horse Prison at Billings Farm.

There's nothing sadder than an out of order urinal at McGillicuddy's Irish Pub in Montpelier, Vermont.

I love fudge

The Connecticut River at The Marina (restaurant) where we ate tonight in Brattleboro, Vermont.

There are dragons in Vermont, seen here in their natural environment... (the Connecticut River)


The view from Hogback Mountain near Brattleboro, Vermont...

Banana boxes... Whitingham, Vermont. House hunting.

Back of the house in Whitingham, Vermont. It's on 28 acres of land... straight up a mountain. Money pit!

Where we got ice cream on Hogback Mountain.

X marks the spot

If this bird doesn't know where the treasure is, why is he running?

We didn't find the treasure (or any treasure for that matter). But I think the treasure is in a place that looks like this.

"Marley the wonder dog" takes a break from eating, sleeping and slobbering.

The Sunset Grill in Duck, NC.

It's over already?

Fear and Loathing in North Carolina

A pirate hideout near the lighthouse in Corolla (cah-rall-ah, they get very sensitive if you pronounce it like the car). Shelly and Tom can be seen looking for treasure near the porch. The owners wouldn't let us dig.

Pirate lighthouse in Corolla.

Pirate outhouse.

Fire! Everybody loves fire.

The Wailers at the Pit in Kill Devil Hills. We couldn't see anything either.

This vacuum is eco-friendly.