Time Spent

 I went to a party on Sunday afternoon. There was a crowd, but the host had arranged for parking on the street with her neighbors. I found a spot and met up with a friend I had arranged to meet there. At some point a woman was working her way through the crowd asking where the person with the Vermont car was. It turned out that she was the next-door neighbor. I had parked in front of her house and she noticed the plate on my car. When she found me, she explained that her son, recently deceased, had lived in Vermont and she was now in the process of dealing with his considerable piles of stuff. She showed me two pictures of Burlington, VT, scenes and asked if I would take them.

Two drawings of very familiar Burlington downtown --

Flynn theater on Main Street

and 

Church Street

This morning was a group hike at the Carlton Reserve, where there are over 80 miles of trails. We did not hike the entirety of available trails! It was a brisk walk, though, with temperature in the 40's.

 A burl on a pine tree. We saw a lot of birds but no other wildlife. The group is too chatty. We did see horse riders though.

The Monday afternoon craft group made marbled papers last week.

This week I used my papers for cards.

 This is what I have been avoiding back north.