Last week we went to Vermont. Nothing was happening in Philadelphia—clients are all “down the shore” so we figured we should grab a little vacation while we could. Spent Sat looking for places on the web and drove up Sunday.
Stayed at several b&b’s: the Old Homestead in Barnet, VT, where Gail Warnaar combines a B&B with The Double Reed Shop —“a complete, one-stop resource for double reed musicians”; Lake Salem Inn in Derby VT run by Joe and Mo Profera, who it turns out fled the good life in Philadelphia for the north woods; and The Summit Lodge in Killington—don’t go there unless you like very large dogs.

We saw Bread and Puppets, hiked a bit, had a picnic, shopped a bit, saw museums and visited book stores—VT has some very nice books stores—took pictures, sketched some, ate in nice restaurants—and one not so nice! and then home on Thurs—short and sweet but nice to get away.

The only thing gardeny we did was not to garden!—and the weeds had a terrific growth spell—It was hot and humid and they were very happy!!!