Ellen and I took a nice walk along the old West River Railroad Trail earlier this evening. Naturally, I forgot to bring the phone, so no photos. But we saw bluets, violets and saxifrage in bloom. Part of the trail goes along granite ledge walls covered with lichen and moss. Very lovely.
Earlier today, I went out to do errands at the drug store and stopped at SIT to download and send email. There is a 24/7 study room at the library there with a really fast WiFi connection, one of my favorite spots for doing that sort of thing.
Yesterday, I met with our Dummerston pastor, Susanna Griefen, to plan music for her final Sunday before her retirement, May 15th. It will be a music-filled service. The Dummerston choir will sing, but we will also be joined by folks from Guilford who will be worshipping with us that day.
John and Cynthia will also play during the service. That is also the weekend of our Rachmaninov Vespers concerts. That will be quite a weekend!!
After my meeting, Ellen went to a quilting session, and then we took a little trip together up to Jamaica and Londonderry, VT, to Grandma Miller's bakery and the Jamaica Cottage Shop, where they build sheds, small cabins and tiny houses. We are still trying to solve the question of what to live in after here.
This is one of the larger pre-built cabins at Jamaica. I think this one is 40x14. Sort of like a trailer. It comes with kitchen and bath, and a walk-in closet.
Interior view - I think they are in the process of installing a kitchen.
We are not the only ones thinking about houses. The Feinlands had an open house to put their house at Pathways on the market and got two offers! They settled for one at a price higher than their asking price! They have to be out by July 1st. Their new house won't be ready until end of the year. So they will have to find temporary housing for a half-year. We had Tamar for three days and saw their house in pristine condition for the open house when we took her back Wednesday.
The Feinland's living room with no clutter! They had the floor re-finished.
Looking the other way.
One last shot: when we came out of church last Sunday in Dummerston, we saw this hellebore plant in a little woody patch near the church:
Early spring hellebore
Last Sunday, the service was centered on a couple, Sam and Carol Farwell, and their family. They had been married twenty years before by a J.P., and wanted a church wedding. So Sunday they got it! It was lovely. Just a simple ceremony during the children's story - very similar to what Ellen and I did in 2005. There was a very special coffee hour afterward.
Coffee hour - you can see the "bride and groom" in the center in front of the stove.
Our pastor, Susanna, is just to their left in a blue jacket with her back to the camera.
