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| View down the river. It's a bit low this year. You can walk across. |
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| Walking around the riverbank you find neat stuff like fossils. |
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| Kale, the conquering hero! |
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| When Pigs Fly, as Anonymous would say.... |
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| When DragonsFly? |
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| There were still tomatoes hiding on the vines. |
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| And flowers to add their brightness to the day. |
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| And one last glimpse of the river before we depart. |
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| I'm sure cats everywhere disdain being made whimsical in this manner... |
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| Glass blowing demo where the properties of heated glass are explored. |
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| When vases go wild. And the difficulties of photographing glass behind glass. |
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| A chandelier I would love to have in my home. |
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| Thousands of years ago our ancestors were making neat things from glass. |
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| I think everyone should have a glass octopus in their home. |
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| Glass mosaics are fascinating to look at - close up or far away. |
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| If you didn't like the view out your window, you could get Tiffany or someone to make you a new one. |
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| Why yes, cats in glass are just as arrogant as their living, breathing counterparts. |
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| Introducing the new King of someone else's castle, Gunther. |
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| And the new Queen, Minnie. She did not like the paparazzi stalking her. |
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| It's that time of year, when garden tomatoes abound. They're great to eat fresh off the vine with a little salt, or-- |
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| made into fiery salsa with garden peppers and onions. |
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| Sink kitty approved all meals and their remains. |
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| Meanwhile, at a Fiber Festival, we ran into this llama, who had a lot to say. Much of it seemed to be, "You need to buy more yarn, you don't have enough yarn ...." |
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| This alpaca meditated before his fan, thinking deep thoughts about fiber blends. I bought some of his lovely wool. |
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| Nonny Moose and I swooned over this fluffy fellow. Angora, so, so soft, and so, so expensive. Fifteen pounds of rabbit doesn't yield a lot of wool to play with. He seemed to enjoy being plucked, however. |
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| What vacation would be complete without Birdy Kreep and his sonic squawks? |
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| The birds outside were a lot quieter! |
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| Contrast Horse waits for her supper - impatiently, I might add. |
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| Barn cat doubts your good intentions. |
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| Pretty boy on the other hand, waits patiently for oats - and treats. |
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| Hypno-Cat knows you will feed her. NOW. |
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| Curious barnyard calf is curious. |
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| Outdoor bird spies on me. |
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| Indoor Birdy Kreep spies on me and covets my dinner. |
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| Other birds keep a wary eye on my camera.... |
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| ...and warn me not to get too close. |
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| "Take my picture? No problem. Here's my best side." |
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| No album would be complete without the Grand Dame of the Retreat on the River.... |
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| ... and a sighting of the rare and elusive closet cat, Frankie. |
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| The trees were just starting to turn when we took our train trip. |
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| This was our preferred method of touring the fall foliage. |
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| Most of the trees rushed passed in a blur... |
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| But the train slowed to pass by water features like ponds - |
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| - and rivers. |
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| Some trees were turning quick -- |
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| -- others hadn't started yet. |
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| Hidden treasure lurks around every bend. |
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| Autumn in the Adirondacks. |
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| Always a comforting sight to see a place to land... |
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| Traveling companion in the train station. |
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| The engine that pulled our horseless carriage. |
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| All aboard! |
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| And what did we see in our travels? Stay tuned for next week's photo essay... |
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