ornaments

that my wife, Shari made for Christmas.  I'll be taking a break and will be back sometime in January.  Have a wonderful holiday season.

Photo taken:  Dec 2013

snow aftermath

Brunswick, Maine
Photo taken:  Jan 2013

snowing

Brunswick, Maine
Photo taken:  Jan 2013

Yum Mee

Bath, Maine
Photo taken:  Jan 2013

Bowdoin College Chapel

Designed by architect Richard Upjohn after Romanesque models, it was completed in the early 1850s.  You can read more HERE

Photo taken:  Jan 2013

old methodist church

on Pleasant St.
Brunswick, Maine
Photo taken:  Jan 2013

the red brick house

Brunswick, Maine
Photo taken: Jan 2013

reading

the newspaper

Brunswick, Maine
Photo taken:  May 2013

steam

the pipe letting off some steam

Photo taken:  Jan 2013

mirror view

Pleasant Street
Brunswick, Maine
Photo taken: Feb 2013

the rat pack

seen outside with other items heading for a Goodwill store.
In the 1960s the Rat Pack consisted of (l-r): Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr.

Topsham, Maine
Photo taken:  Jan 2013

different day

and different name for a boat.

brunswick mall

the town floods the area every winter so the locals can enjoy ice skating.

ice fishing

on the Androscoggin River

Brunswick, Maine
Photo taken: Jan 2013

decorations

on Maine St.,
Brunswick, Maine
Photo taken:  Jan 2013

alone

 Photo taken:  Dec 2013

snowy day

on Spring St.
Brunswick, Maine
Photo taken:  Dec 2013

freezing rain

made the road icy and dangerous to drive on.
Photo taken:  Dec 2013

christmas tree

made with books at the local library.

Curtis Memorial Library
Brunswick, Maine
Photo taken:  Dec 2013

amtrak

passenger train passing through Brunswick, Maine

Photo taken:  Jan 2013

cabin

Shelburne, VT
Photo taken:  Sept 2009

Trinity Episcopal Church

Shelburne, Vermont
Photo taken:  Sept 2009

farmers market

in South Burlington on a Saturday morning.
Photo taken:  Sept 2009

celebrate the fall

at the Marketplace
Burlington, VT
Photo taken:  Sept 2009

flowers and plants

City Hall Park
Burlington, VT
Photo taken:  Sept 2009

leap froggers

Church Street Marketplace
Burlington, VT
Photo taken;  Sept 2009

Artist:
Dennis and Sansea Sparling
Church Street Marketplace
1986, copper

Commissioned by the Church Street Marketplace Business Association, this whimsical piece exemplifies the subjective nature of public art – some love it, some don’t. In June of 2002, vandals stole most of the statue, leaving behind only two feet. The Marketplace and concerned residents raised money over the course of the summer, rescued the missing figures and restored the Leap Froggers to their original stature.
Info courtesy of burlingtoncityarts

Photo by Michael Weizenegger

First Congregational Church

Burlington, VT
Photo taken: Sept 2009

Unitarian Church

view of the church from the Church Street Marketplace
Burlington, VT
Photo taken:  Sept. 2009.

city hall

City Hall and the deer sculpture

Burlington, VT.
Photo taken: Sept 2009

ben and jerry's

Burlinton, VT
Photos taken: Sept 2009

downtown

the Bailey Block built in 1885.
St. Albans, Vermont
Photo taken Sept 2009

lake champlain 2

taken from the North Beach Campground

lake champlain

is a natural freshwater lake in North America mainly within the borders of the United States but partially situated across the Canada–U.S. border, in the Canadian province of Quebec. The New York portion of the Champlain Valley includes the eastern portions of Clinton County and Essex County.

Info courtesy of Wikipedia
Photos taken from North Beach Campground
Burlington, VT
Sept 2009.

fountain

The fountain was restored in 2015 and is located in Taylor Park, St. Albans, VT
Photo taken: Sept 2009.

A 128-year-old fountain nicknamed "The Ladies" returned to its former glory after a major restoration project.  The fountain was erected in 1887 and cost $4,000. It was a gift to St. Albans from John Gregory Smith.  The fountain was cast and built by the J.W. Fisk company in New York City. The original molds were bought by Robinson Iron Alabama.
Info courtesy of the Burlington Free Press

Ferrisburgh Bakeshop and Deli

an interesting sculpture made of hay.

Photo taken:  Sept 2009

the emporium sculpture

a drive by photo, taken somewhere on Route 7 heading toward Burlington, VT
Photo taken:  Sept 2009

otter creek

is a river in the state of Vermont, its longest besides the Connecticut. Roughly 112 miles (180 km) long, it is the primary watercourse running through Rutland County and Addison County.
(Info courtesy of Wikipedia)

Photo taken:Sept 2009

main street

the white building is the Congregational Church of Middlebury

Photos taken:  Sept 2009

main street

otter creek used books

Carol's Hungry Mind Cafe

Vermont Book Shop