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Monday Day Trip

These trees were beautiful in person.  I was one of probably a thousand people snapping a picture of them on Monday.

I went to the Vermont Country Store in Weston, VT, with my friend Ginnie.  It was quite a long drive just to buy a set of new sheets.  But the VCS does sell clothesline crisp cotton sheets that are worth the trip.  And we had a lovely lunch and a scenic ride, seeing some peak foliage in the mountains.

I do love those cotton sheets!


On a completely unrelated note, check out this creature that was on my living room window:
Fortunately it was on the outside.  Good grief, it's like some kind of alien monster here to explore our planet.  Or, maybe I am over reacting slightly.

Comments

  1. RianOctober 1, 2014 at 6:20 PM

    The trees are beautiful, Olga. And I too like cotton! As for the alien creature, looks a bit like what we call *stink bugs* around here.

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  2. Meryl BaerOctober 1, 2014 at 9:21 PM

    Vermont is so beautiful in the fall - actually, all year round, but especially during fall. Wonderful colors...

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  3. BarbOctober 1, 2014 at 9:47 PM

    Love that scarlet foliage!

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  4. Linda ReederOctober 1, 2014 at 10:42 PM

    "I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree" in full autumn color.
    I love crisp cotton sheets too.

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  5. CloudiaOctober 2, 2014 at 1:59 AM

    Fun being back in Vermont with you!



    ALOHA from Honolulu
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  6. TaborOctober 2, 2014 at 5:05 AM

    Looks like an assassin bug...yep, the name says it all.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 2, 2014 at 11:49 AM

    What beautiful red trees! Just love that photo!
    You like cotton sheets? I prefer polyester because they never wrinkle and are smooth to sleep on.
    Ah well, to each his own.

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  8. Arkansas PattiOctober 2, 2014 at 5:32 PM

    Do you have to iron cotton sheets?? That might turn me off. Your colors are so pretty. Right now we are starting to trurn. Sadly brown is also a color and most of what I saw today.

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  9. SextantOctober 3, 2014 at 11:00 AM

    Our colors in Western Pennsylvania are very spotty because of the huge number of species that grow here. I was in a woods with a lot of maple the day before yesterday and the colors were rather spectacular. Yesterday I was in an oak woods and it looked like July.

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  10. KayOctober 3, 2014 at 8:56 PM

    Hmmm... that looks almost like a spider. I can't count the legs though.

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  11. UnknownOctober 3, 2014 at 9:46 PM

    Definitely an alien life form! I do love the trees. You sure wouldn't see those in Florida or here for that matter. Thanks for sharing them.

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  12. TomOctober 3, 2014 at 10:13 PM

    Not a stink bug. We have a million of them around my house, and they're all shorter and fatter than that. But I was just thinking ... that thing is nothing compared to the size of some of the bugs you find in Florida!

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  13. Granny AnnieOctober 6, 2014 at 6:55 AM

    We have one tree like that in our whole town and it is right in front of our church. It is beautiful. Too bad that bug isn't one that can blend nicely with the scenery. Yes we call it a stink bug too.

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  14. Jenn JilksOctober 9, 2014 at 7:56 PM

    I loathe those dippy bugs! Driving me nuts on the screens. Our leaves are falling like mad, too!

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