Icelandic

Tunbridge, Vt.

Plane Crash

The pilot of this Cessna was killed when his plane crashed after taking off from the Lebanon Airport .


Press briefing.


Waiting for a flight.

Knight's Opera House

Paul Whitney watches Wednesday, February 8, 2012 as a wrecking crew demolishes Knight's Opera House built by his grandfather Hoyt Knight in 1911. "My grandfather built this just because he thought the town needed a place to have some entertainment," said Whitney. "If they could see what was happening today, I don't know what they'd do."


Equipment operator Homer Dunn of Hammond Grinding and Recycling crosses in front of Knight's Opera House in South Royalton. The structure, built of over 4,000 hand formed blocks from sand carted from about a mile away has been used as a community gathering place, a stone cutter's studio, town offices and a police station.


Members of the crew that took down the opera house help Whitney gather a few of the building's blocks as keepsakes.

Clearly

Packing up after clear cutting nearly 80 acres for a land owner.

Wood Spirits

A barrel of methanol was deposited by Tropical Storm Irene downriver of the Quechee Gorge.

Goreyesque

I just discovered that Edward Gorey's home, Elephant House, is a museum. The discovery gave me the inspiration to look for the Gorey out there. I hope I can find more.

Winter Challenge

In the winter the road behind my house is more suited for sledding than travel, but it remains a challenge for the intrepid to see how late in the season a car, truck or other vehicle can be driven up it without sliding back down or ending up in a ditch.

The last person to try made a gallant attempt, passing the hairpin curve, but sliding back at the last second.

My good neighbor Amos brought the come-along.

Hairy Eyeball

The village cats were at that old power struggle again.

Wasteland?

"What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish?"

Our roads, parking lots, bridges, building foundations and airport runways came out of this land.

When there's no more rock and sand to scrape out of the ground, what then?

Still not a wasteland. You get 150,000 square feet of sweet, low cost retail space under one roof, offices, manufacturers, plus more roads and parking lots.

They're not paving paradise, they're just paving the land that's already been wasted.

Castoffs

Here are a couple that missed the page:
One from the Hartford High graduation...


And another from Bethel, Vt. as firefighters and EMTs made their way through yards and trails to access areas cut off by flooding.

Day's Work

White River Junction, Vt.

Grace the Ace

Senior Portrait.