Author: doug

On our balloon ride we saw an eagle’s nest with one of this year’s eaglets, not yet bald.

(Note: I’m cheating Project 365 rules by posting several photos from our weekend vacation)

We took a hot air balloon ride this morning, our third ever and second in Vermont. The pictures speak for themselves.

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Update: Here are some photos from our previous Quechee balloon ride, in 1997, digitized from film prints. The first three are us; the fourth one is that evening with the same balloon but different passengers. If you zoom in you can just make out that the red truck says “Balloons over New England.”

(Note: I’m cheating Project 365 rules by posting several photos from our weekend vacation)

We saw 2 kestrels today: one in captivity, and one in the wild from the backyard of our B&B. The latter was trying to hunt a crow, which was having none of it.

(Note: I’m cheating Project 365 rules by posting several photos from our weekend vacation)

At the VINS nature center in Quechee, VT we saw dangerous animals, large and small. The former is in captivity; the latter just chose to build near the boardwalk.

Note: I’m making more than one post a day with some pics from our vacation.

Our B&B in Vermont has the “breakfast” portion on their deck. We’re not sure if this is a COVID adaptation, but on a nice morning it’s a good start to the day.

“Clearwater Pond” is definitely a misnomer, though.

A lovely day for a paddle on the Charles in Sherborn today.

Here are Bob and Kat playing cornhole at Mark & Rebecca’s wedding reception (only 2 years delayed after the actual wedding).

Some additional photos. The first one was taken by Lis. The rest are mine.

This taproom is going in where The Local was in West Newton

I went out after work with Kat & Bob in the Seaport. Here’s our final round of beers to round out the gorgeous summer solstice evening.

The first visible very early step in the process of rebuilding my local train station is these marks on the existing platform for “soil boring”, so the engineers know what soil conditions they’re dealing with. This is exciting to see, but it’s going to be a long process, and I hope to see its completion by the time I retire.