My World Tuesday: New England Tour

The end of summer brought with it two round trips to Hebron, New Hampshire, where my daughter attended an all-girls camp for five days. I enjoy the ride, though my "that's quite enough" alarm goes up about an hour before the 4.5-hour trip is up. Still, there is plenty--even if it isn't much--to see, and it's all good. Below is a view of somewhere in Massachusetts in the early morning. Things were misty and dull but very nice.

Below is a home in New Hampshire that I quite like. The people here sure do know how to organize their kitchen tools.


Just as my sense of humor was wearing out, I came across this little commercial enterprise--and discovered I was very nearly there.


Vermont and New Hampshire (and the northern half of Massachusetts) are the heart and soul of rural beauty. At the rest stop just across the southern border of Vermont, there is a display of antique farm tools (below) along with Vermont woodworking and crafts, gardening, and outdoor activities.


Below is a drive-by of some New Hampshire bovines enjoying a Sunday afternoon. The air was so beautiful and clean and sweet. They have a good life.

Back at the Vermont visitors' center is this bound-up moose that made me just a little bit uncomfortable. Caution tape around a moose? Anyway. Enough said.

In New Hampshire, he real deal was staring back at the humans who had pulled off the road to admire his gargantuan beauty. He was lovely and bright-eyed and happy to perform. I think he was probably on the tourist board payroll, but he had the freedom his Vermont cousin above could only imagine.

Going home was a sopping wet experience. We made our way through one flash flood after another. After the last deluge, there appeared this lovely antique in Massachusetts that made the New England treasure hunt that much more fun.

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