testing out our new vacation home

we escaped the city over the weekend and headed north to dabney's home state of vermont. since dab's mom flew the coop to hawaii last week, we "inherited" her house while she's away. it is no understatement to say that we plan on being there as much as is humanly possible while the weather is nice. this weekend was the test run and ashbloem, lucy, gotham knitter, and carrrrrrmen all joined us at different intervals for what was a sun and swim-filled couple of days.

during each of our excursions to the green mountain state, we have been diligently searching for a the perfect swimming hole. below is the frontrunner, the narrows - complete with big rocks for jumping. too bad dabney wouldn't allow ann to test them. (note from dabney: some ding dong had jumped off the bridge and died a few weeks ago. ann stubbornly dismissed this story as pesky rural legend. she was, and remains, wrong.)





feidler, lucy, and dabney hanging out in the grass.


stockbridge - tubing capital of vermont



yes, dabney and ashbloem are smiling here, but little did they know, they'd come out of this experience a little crisper and nearly matching the color of their tubes.

carrrrrrrmen - newly returned from cabo and lusciously-tan - just laughed at their predicament, but look what later happened to her.