Photos galore!

 Here are some photos from the past few days:

First of all, from Ryan Murphy's retirement party: Ryan is standing in the center of the picture. The event was held in the common room of a low-income housing community in Putney. It was full of light and a very nice venue.

Saturday evening we went to an unusual fund-raising event in Amherst, MA: an interfaith organization sponsored a concert to raise money to help a local AME Zion congregation refurbish their historic church building. Several choirs and individuals performed- this is a local Amherst Gospel Choir group. A total of over $25,000 had been raised so far, we were told. Katie and Savanna both participated in the concert and it was held at First Church, UCC in Amherst.

Friday, we went to Green Mountain Orchards to get apples and I watched them making cider on the machine. The apples went up a conveyer belt and then got pressed and the juice came out into the red bucket. Pretty basic!

As a fringe benefit, GMO has some antique trucks and cars on display - always a draw for me. They also have cider donuts, and I enjoyed one while Ellen was picking apples.

This year, the leaves on the red oak trees are unusually colorful, as this photo attests. And they tend to hang on, even in the rain.

Zach did some brush-hogging and we are enjoying our late-fall view off the deck. Getting a little glimpse of the hills as the leaves fall.