How much can you fit into three days or What I did on My Summer Vacation
Mood:
a-ok
Now Playing: Bryan Adams "Run To You"
Topic: A bit of everything
First of all; kudos to
Claudia for her Lazy Girl Margaritas. Since I'm out of tequila (and have been for months), I've learned how to substitute Grey Goose Vodka instead, and that was last night's refreshment after 2 hours of lawn mowing. Usually, if there is any left over, it is poured into a container, and put into the freezer for Lazy Girl Sorbet later on. That didn't happen tonight, as DH and I polished off a blender full of the LG Slushies. Yeah, we were feeling relaxed. ;-)
My brother and his family were up from NJ last week, and when you have small kids, you tend to try to do things that they like. But we squeezed some fun adult stuff into the week too.
We started off with a trip up to VT to the
King Arthur Flour Store in Norwich, VT. While the mixes and baking equipment are expensive, you'll find stuff there that you can't find elsewhere. I picked up a mini-scone pan, several rye flours, and an Italian cookbook which showcases the Italian section of Boston (delicious recipes!). The cookbook offers such great recipes that my brother Greg and I each plan to make at least one of our meals for our family beach vacation from it!). After the KAF store, we headed south to
Quechee Gorge for a picnic lunch and a short hike. After leaving there, we spotted a tourist area which offered train rides to kids, but wine tasting for adults. I picked out two lovely wines from
Putney Wines, a sparkling apple wine, and a cherry/apple wine. Yummm! After leaving this store, we headed over to another store which advertised wine tastings. This one is the
Quechee Winery, which is the sister winery for
North River Winery, a wonderful place I discovered back in 1989, when my former boyfriend was living within 20 minutes of it. One of the wines at the Quechee winery, is named Barred Owl Blush, and they donate part of the proceeds to
VINS, a raptor center in Quechee. Of course, being the conservationist that I like to think I am, I purchased a bottle of this wine, along with a Vermont Apple, Autumn Harvest and Midnight Gold (excellent dessert wine!). ;-)
Tuesday was spent taking care of my niece and nephew, while they played with my boys in our pool. The kids had a blast, and my brother and his wife had a nice day out alone.
Wednesday we drove back up to VT to take the
Green Mountain Flyer from Bellows Falls up to Chester and back. The boys loved it! But I have to admit, so did I. The scenery is beautiful (we saw a blue heron fly over an inlet in the CT River!), and the train goes over a couple of high gorges and past a covered bridge. I did get pictures, but they are on a disposable digital camera, which I haven't had developed yet, but I will post pictures later.
Thursday was spent working, while the rest of the family went to the
Lupa Zoo. The rest of my time has been spent working. Either my main job, or finishing up some of the work I do as a volunteer.
Right now, we are in the middle of another heat wave, with high humidity, but the rabbits are taking it well. And Mia's litter will be evaluated this weekend, and I'll know just how many rabbits are good breeding quality, and which ones will be pet quality. I don't sell rabbits before they are 4 months old, as it is impossible to tell before that what they are best suited for, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Ideally, waiting until they are 9 months would be better, because by that time, you know what their adult coat looks like, since you have already shorn their baby coat and junior coat. But at 4 months, you do have a good idea about their body condition, and that is really important.
I do have a nice doe for sale who is almost 1 year old. She has a nice silky coat, and good body on her. She would make a perfect breeding doe (and is she ready!). If you are interested in her, please let me know.
Posted by baycolonyfarm
at 9:18 PM EDT
Updated: Thursday, August 4, 2005 7:20 AM EDT