Bonnie off for greener Pastures

Bonnie

Shelburne Window scene

Adirondacks from Lake Champlain

Shelburne Barn

Summer is here full tilt and we have been flat out in the gardens harvesting beans, cucumbers, beans and yet more beans. The raspberries have finished up and the currants are also done. Phew. Now I can concentrate a little bit more on putting up the vegetables, at least until the peaches and apples start up.

Yesterday we drove to Shelburne VT to go to the Shelburne Museum. It was a beautiful clear day and Lake Champlain was just beautiful and the Adirondack Mountains in NY were clear in the distance. If nothing else, it was a beautiful day for a drive across the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Champlain Valley. The Shelburne Museum has 37 historic structures that all house Electra Webb's eclectic collection, and lets just say that it was one very fascinating eclectic collection.

It was a sad night last night when our old faithful pygmy goat passed away. Bonnie was at least 13 years old and the leader of the herd dispite her size. Nothing phased 'ole Bonnie, no matter how much snow was on the ground, she was always the first goat out into the paddock, she had an infallible internal clock that would go off at 6:30 each night telling us that it was time to go in for the evening. She will be sorely missed. Truffle will have very big shoes to fill.