away for the weekend

Thursday, August 30, 2012

farmhouse flowers

Summers are short in Vermont
Which is why it always struck me a little funny that there are so many beautiful flower gardens
Farmhouse flower gardens
But then, maybe the short summers are the reason for it...

- Cheery splashes of color against a white farmhouse -



- and flowers along a fence -



- and then -
this one stopped me dead in my tracks!




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Monday, August 27, 2012

ramshackle charm

After an unseasonably hot and humid summer,
we've been blessed with some really great weather!
The perfect way to end a summer -
and we've been taking advantage by getting out on our bikes!

Among our many photo stops this past weekend, was this ramshackle beauty.



I suspect it has seen better days




But it sure is in a pretty setting!






 
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