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  • March, April 2012 - Titanic Rises; Camel's Hump; Miles shoes for Clare; Heritage Lane yard sale; Elizabeth & Russell; Bee season starts; Keeping Track; Marion's photos
  • March 2012 - Montreal visit with Sam and Linda; time to eat Indian and Ethiopoan; Montreal's Mount Royal Park
  • February - March 2012 - Shelburne beaches & Shelburne Farms; Gingerbread house demise; VT Farm Show
  • February 2012 - Adirondack Loj and GMC outing; Skating on Cascade Lake; Lake Placid Olympic Complex and the 2012 Bob/Skeleton Championships
  • February 2012 - Dartmouth Grant outing with medicine cabinet fully stocked
  • Christmas 2012 - Shelburne Pond skating; Gingerbread Haus; English family time; and Dan and Sarah visit and a walk with Elvis

  • November, December 2011 - Cousin Liz and Kate visit; Bread and Butter farm; NYC Trip with Chelsea Hotel and the view from Newark; Halloween in Davis Park; Mt. Hunger and Camel's Hump hike; Marion & Mariah 1998
  • November 2011 - CVU High School 'Holocaust and Human Behavior' intensive study, memorials tour, Washington DC and NYC
  • Fall 2011-  Honey Harvest (such as it was...); Martha's Vineyard and Clare and Morning Glory; Bunky! Neighborhood block party. 
  • July, August, 2011 - Marion's Canada ride; Hartwick gathering in VT (and Althea); With Tim and Laurie and the Trout Club; Gilles and Dominique; Shelburne Day; Champlain Valley Fair; Liz's camp; Dan and Sarah & Will in Lyme with the Cupcake Queen; Gregg's retirement; Union Station and DC work trip - with Jake and Katherine; and Boston
  • July 2011: Canada Trip to drop Marion at Northway:  Ontario, Cache Lake; Huntsville (near Algonquin Park) Ottawa River, Hull and Ottawa
  • June 2011 - Port Townsend and Peggy's 60th (and the Party, Seattle, and Finn River Farm)
  • May 2011 - NYC trip and the Room with the View
  • May 2011- UVM Graduation Parties
  • May 2011 - Another NYC Trip; High Line park; World Trade Center; NY Botanic garden (Bronx); Central Park; Hudson River Greenway; India: where you find it
  • April, May 2011 - Marion track, and Lake Champlain flooding
  • Spring 2011 - Last of the Snow; Marion the Cupcake Queen; Clare at UVM Academic Honors; Hatrwick archives; LaPlatte wildlife area in Shelburne; Dawat in NYC 
  • Happy 10th anniversary to this family website! Where will your blog be in ten years?
  • January, February 2011 - Natalie's latest art; Marion's race; Cross Country skiing; Sterling Pond hike, Clare's car and roommates; Shelburne winter photos; Natalie's Lionel Stove; Suzanne's Indian dinner
  • February 2011 - Another voyage to the Dartmouth Grant

  • December 2010-January 2011 - Visit to Putney & Jim and Diny; Christmas 2010; Skating on Dunbar's Pond near Shelburne Beach
  • December 2010- Clare's Christmas Letter
  • December 2010 II - Laurie's Book signing; Ted's winter hikes; Michael at Hurricane Ridge, WA
  • December 2010 - Cross Country Ski Race, a first for Marion
  • November 2010 - Chris & Janet's 50th, and Thanksgiving @ 193
  • October, November 2010 - New York City visit; Clare & Marion on Buck Mtn; Little River Park walk; Peggy visits; NH, Wildcat Mountain and the Ellis River
  • September 2010 - The Wake Robin 2010 honey harvest
  • August 2010 - Vinalhaven, Aunt Libby and a surprise spotting of Henry Huntington at Rockland
  • August 2010 - The Shelburne Museum Brick House; Charlotte's Free Press article
  • July 2010 - Ontario: Camp Northway, Trailside cottage on Cache Lake, and Ottawa
  • June 2010 - Haiti, and a great visit with Pius
  • May, etc.  2010 - Bees are fun! Marion & Caelin; Clare's end of 'skool' party; Reverence, the whale sculpture; Family in Captiva FL; Humpty visit
  • April 2010 - Marion tracks-it in a hurry; Far Post soccer; Bees at Gib's Waitsfield Farm
  • March-April 2010 - LaPlate paddling; Min's 16th; Spring skiing; Addison for Easter
  • March 2010 - Dartmouth Grant Outing - revisited for 2010; Plurrövare (ice-immersion training) in Shelburne Bay
  • January 2010 - Snow on Heritage Lane; Nice hiking on Mansfield; Sarah's 'Turkey Shoot'; Archive photos from Arlington, and India

  • Christmas 2009 - Perfect pond skating; dinner with Granny, and some fun gifting, and a little re-gifting, too!
  • Winter 2009 - Party for Clare's roommate Liz; Clare at Red Onion; Finn River Farm link
  • November 2009 - Another Homelink exchange takes us to Quebec City.
  • "Vermont... mentally snowed in." So said a former UVM Professor... as he resigns in disgust.
  • Summer/Fall II 2009 - Balloons at Shelburne Farms; Clare & Co., Shelburne airport; and random images!
  • Summer/Fall I 2009 - Thompson visit; 'Battlefield conditions' (or the Pine Lake gathering); Mansfield hike; Miles and Ted; Leena; Shelburne beach
  • August, 2009 - Colorado
  • July 4th 2009 - Welcome to seven new citizens of the U-S-A at Liberty island
  • June 2009 - Welcome to a new citizen of the U-S-A!
  • Spring 2009 II - Heritage Lane garden; Tim chainsaw master; Marion's friends; All Souls; misc. springtime images
  • April 2009 - Sanibel with your classic 'sunset on the beach' imagery!
  • Spring 2009 - Soccer tournament in Epping, NH
  • March, April 2009 - The Frei-five siblings; Mt. Mansfield hike; NYC & the Flatiron; Marion's permit ;) Gordon Bok and Palmers Sugar house.
  • February, March 2009 - Addison escorts Clare to Italy (sort of); Currier Museum, NH
  • February 2009 II - The Waterbury Reservoir and 2' thick ice; Marion at Skid-Skool on Shelburne Pond; Holmes Creek covered Bridge, Charlotte VT.
  • February 2009 - Another trip to the Dartmouth Grant - this one a wee bit colder!
  • January 2009 - Shelburne Pond skating; GMC Hike to Taylor Lodge; A Jim & Laura and Clare & Ann visit; Mt. Washington Observatory link

  • Christmas 2008 - an Albers-English thing
  • Thanksgiving 2008 - a Frei-Reunion in VT. Cousins unite!
  • November 2008 - Dublin, NH, backyard of Mount Monadnock, and a visit to Sarah & David
  • Fall 2008 I -  Bella's last days; Puppy's Maggy & Beckett to the rescue; Champlain Valley views (and All Souls); CVU Soccer win!  
  • October 2008 - Timberlane Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR, and the Tully-Five-Oh!
  • October 2008 - McMenamins Edgefield, OR, and the Tully party continues...
  • Summer 2008 @ Fenway - Fenway Citizenship Ceremony and Louis Tiant #23
  • Summer 2008 IV - Hartwick gathering at John's; Welcome the new puppy Maggie!
  • Summer 2008 III - Point the camera at the sky; Neighborhood kids; John's tree project; Circle Falls swimming; VELCO
  • Summer 2008 II - Shelburne Farms Breeding Barn; Milton Academy graduation; NYC Flat Iron; LaBerge farm
  • Summer 2008 - On & in Lake Champlain; Jim & Diny visit! Shelburne Vineyards has a new hire. Shelburne Museum; Fresh fare from local gardens
  • Spring 2008 - Spring in VT, and the 4th of July at Chester's home; Marion's soccer; NQA visit;  Lake Monsters do exist!; Ice Cream anyone?
  • March 2008 - New Mexico and the hiking is beautiful. Thanks Thompsons!
  • Winter, Spring 2008 - Wake Robin; what is Paintbox Garden Design? Marion Soccer & BDay; Noo-Yak Trips; Marion in Annie

  • December 2007 - Natalie transfers her MFA scarf collection to Char; Mad River skiing - a first; Christmas & New Yeez...
  • November 2007 - Natalie is 80? Great - Is that the *best* excuse for a party, or what?
  • Fall 2007 -  Re-tooling the house, climb up Molly Stark; Natalie @ Shelburne Orchards; All Souls Interfaith; Halloween and Potato Harvest
  • October 2007 - Once upon a time, there was an island in Maine....
  • August 2007 - Moving to UVM; Marion's friends; Brooks E.; Julia T at St. Mike's; Trout Club
  • August 2007 - Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario and Camp Northway
  • June 2007 - Ted & Dan & Will F. visit the Dartmouth Grant, NH
  • June 2007 - Vermont Commons School graduation
  • May, June 2007 -  Susan & Walter visit; Reed & Natalie & 193; Shelburne Airport; Bella at Shelburne Pond
  • April 2007 II -  Char starts at Horsfords Gardens & Nurseries; VT State House; Julia visits St. Michael's College; Bella; Button Point put-in
  • April 2007 - Step it Up at Shelburne Farms; Graduating seniors at VT Commons; Easter reminds that God looks, tastes, like a Peep
  • March 2007 - Puck Dazzles! Hiking with Clare & Bella; Maple syrup in high gear
  • March 2007 II - Marion's B'Day collective; Bella on ice; Clare boards on Bolton and gets a sled-ride down;
  • February 2007 - A nice snowstorm, finally; Yurt camping with VT Commons; Peregrine house photos; Clare & Marion friends fotoz
  • January 2007 - A piddling sensation takes over the house: it's puppy-time on Heritage Lane...

  • Christmas 2006 -  Reed bio-blast;  Natalie & English family-time (Borat not invited, but he never left); skiing with Marion (a Flapper!)  Clare at the Farm Barn; Montreal
  • Thanksgiving 2006 - Dan, Sarah in Lyme NH
  • November 2006 - Bernie for Senate; Trick  'r Treat with the Green Monster (Clare is Mars-invasion); Heritage Ln. exterior work
  • 2006 - William Stewart photos of Clare and Marion
  • October, 2006 - House building goes on and on; Camille visits! Paddling Shelburne Pond with Clare; a hike up Burnt Rock
  • Fall 2006 - A 12 step program for a home in need.....
  • Fall 2006 - Paddling the Winooski; the Champlain Valley Fair; a Shelburne pumpkin, and then some
  • Fall 2006 - A Pine Lake reunion - the class of 1981 struggles to remember
  • Summer Ends, 2006 - Block Island (aka BlokEyeLyn, RI) and paddling Lake Champlain with Marion
  • Summer 2006 V - Hessle the perfect puppy; Charlotte Ferry to NY; the Chickering annual blast
  • Summer 2006 IV -  Will E (again!) at Lake Monster Baseball, and Shelburne Museum; Shelburne Farms with Natalie; Bighed T-shirts rule
  • Summer 2006 III -  Will E climbs Mt. Mansfield in the car with the clan! Mt. Philo, and Shelburne
  • Summer 2006 II - Thompsons so-long :( Clare eats cake; Min, Jessie, Mallory to Northway; NQA on the way to VT
  • Summer 2006 - George Turns 50... Friends Get Pooted - "oh, thats one of those things you find out about later.."
  • Spring, Summer 2006 - PBC Farewell; Intensity Blue Champs in Soccer; Marion, Emma & Alan T; Lena & Clare man the Bar
  • Spring 2006 II - Button Bay, VT; Dan & Sarah's and the Pompy Tent Sale; Prom Nite with Cowboys; John's Cool Bikes
  • Spring 2006 I - Susan's 80th in Grand Rapids
  • Spring 2006 - Marion's Blue Soccer... with Birthday's to boot.
  • Winter 2006 - HB Woodlawn's production of Proof; Excitable Boys softball - one last cold practice
  • Winter 2005-06 - New Zealand with Emily & Richard & Co.
  • Winter 2005-06 - "Whatever" photos including 501 Kenmore back yard; Sparks team shot; Clare & M; Napoleon D; Mt.Baker
  • Thanksgiving 2005 - Presidential Proclamations; Family @ 501 with the Thompsons & Pie City; Emma T.
  • Fall 2005 II - Chesapeake &Ohio Canal Canoe, Jessica...; Thomas C. Schelling, and Edith Stokey at the K. School
  • Fall2005 - Soccer! Intensity Blue... Champs in 2005
  • September 2005 - Annual Annual"FFFFFFF" trip to the Blue Ridge - see Page II also
  • August- September 2005 - The NQA bench! R. Clemens & his successor, Jeff L; Sailors for hire in Puget Sound; Bush fishing in NOL; Marion Soccer
  • August 2005 - Camp Seafarer, and Emerald Isle (thanks to Sarah U. for photos)
  • July 2005 - Algonquin Park, Ontario: Trailside cottage; Camp Northway at 100 Years; in the Provincial Park
  • July 2005 - Hartwick Reunion at Garhart's place; Will E. visits 501 and Wheeler - the Navy Pilot
  • June 2005 - Marion's Long Branch Graduation, and Clare/Johnathan/Molly/Olivia
  • Memorial Day 2005- Rose & Rolling Thunder; Potomac "pan-o-rama"; Paul & Caroline F, Joe & Anna; Family with Rose; Blue Soccer
  • May 1st 2005 - Bridget's Garden dedication, Madison Square Park, New York
  • May 2005 - Sarasota Florida with the Chris, Janet & Will... Manhattan visit
  • Spring 2005 #2 - Visitors from New Hampshire; Intensity Blue Soccer; Roses' consume; Sam 'n Marion at the blossoms
  • Spring 2005 - Jill, Ben & Thomas Wheelmaster...The New Boss arrives...more Jeff's Baseball Boys; Lewes DE & Beach, the Yamaha Mini Enduro
  • Winter 2005 - 5th Annual Mixer: Laura, Jim,Tony, Alice, Susan, Frank, Martha, Doug, Michael, Linda, Ted, Charlotte, Doug the Elder, Martha
  • Winter 2005 - Sparks Crush the Opposition; Jeff L., Go Toss the Pill! Marion's 11th; Northway in Winter; Brookes' Canoe & Marion on Trip
  • January 2005 - Thank you, Thompsons.... for another great New Yeeeez...and some of Christmas 2004 @ 193
  • Christmas 2004 - Lyme NH & Milton here we come for Christmas 2004; links to tsunami aid at Families for Children
  • November/December2004 - Thanks Giving &Clare; Rose & Marion; Camille; Go Generals; Sacred crèche of Sister Peggatha
  • November 2004 - Election Night; Mar ion Soccer; Char as a General Cheerleader? Marion Sleepover Crew; Jessica
  • Fall 2004 Red Sox! Tony and; Clare; Pumpkins devoured; exchange kids and Maddy; HB Woodlawn Choral Concert
  • Fall 2004 - The 2004 Annual "FFF Shenandoah Voyage"
  • September 2004 - Roos is here: instant daughter! Happy BDay? and...the 501 Garden Project...
  • August 2004 - The Michigan Beaches.... & Family Trip to Torch Lake. See more Torch here including Walter F& family @ Torch
  • Summer 2004 - The Will-E Air 'n Space Adventure at Udvar Hazi Center, Will Mows the Lawn (!?); Jeff L. pitches; Fort Myer Pool
  • Summer 2004 - A Lake Michigan Wedding!
  • Summer 2004 - Air 'n Space Udvar Hazi - Frank Tallman's plane; USS Reid & the Kamikaze Planes that sunk her; Bus Stop Kids & Marion, Allison & Marion Flute Show! Hammers & Northway & Granny; Ray Anderson retires
  • May 2004 - A Lyme Wedding! and... page two, page three, page four
  • May 2004 - Italy with HB Woodlawn; - see Clare's B&W images, too
  • April 2004 - Spring and the Blossoms are awesome, marchers march on the Mall, and Allison & Heidi stick things up their noses; Cicadas - want some?
  • March 2004 - Keegan Theatre & Chalice Theatre Presents: Into the Woods
  • March 2004 - The Ten-Year-Old Birthday Experience, hair paint & all
  • March 2004 - Welcome to sparks Championship Basketball!
  • February 2004 - The Tully, John & Jill visit!
  • January 2004 - Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA, and the Walker graveside
  • Winter 2003/2004 - Hammers Team Photo, Clare knits? Roman Holiday with Jerry Quigg.
  • Christmas 2003 - Milton & Family, Vermont; a visit to Lake Tahoe on the action packed 2nd page!
  • January 2004 - Port Townsend featuring Peggy, Michael, Reed & Janet & the Slug Ranch, and Andy & Helen in Snowqualmie & Seattle, and Hurricane Ridge. See all three pages.
  • Fall/Winter 2003 - Candy Rules & Marion the Sport, Dick & Barbara & Gail (Spilsbury) Dickersin, & Natalie Birthday!
  • Fall 2003 - Indian Guides Paddle to Pohick Bay, VA
  • October 2003 - Skyland in the Shenandoah - Families Galore!
  • August 2003- Summer Swing: Hoosic Club; WEA graveside & Milton; The Fladgates & Sheppards in Connecticut; Libb-o, Monaco & "UghGunQuit" Maine
  • July 2003 - The East High "reunion" on Lake Michigan; visiting El Dorado under construction, some B&W archives of Charlotte's
  • Summer/Fall 2003 - The Dan F. visitation with Jeff and Martha; Marion's Gang, Isabelle Blows with downed trees crushing cars; Clare discovers duct-tape!
  • June 2003 - The Will-E. llama adventure, and sleeping on a hardwood floor with NO mattress at Bill 'n Gail's! Clare & Will blissfully reading
  • June/July 2003 - OWL Graduation, July 4th at Natural History thanks to Randall; Hammers '03; see the Northway Campers! Janet graduates
  • May 2003 - Indian Guides at Camp Letts - good grub, full medicine baskets, and the kids did OK, too...
  • May 2003 - Michigan; a Memorial Day visit: Cook Valley; Marks Episcopal, Division St., GR; Grand Haven at Dick's; Paul & Carolyn's & Marta Swain
  • Spring 2003 - BB&N; Chole & the Quiggs; First Parish in Milton; Bus Stop Gang; BB&N; National Building Museum; 501 Hammock
  • Easter 2003 - Dan, Sarah & Sam the chocolate-man, and Smithsonian Jazzzz
  • April 2003 - Potomac rush near Chain Bridge Panoramas; Bull Run regional Park, on the Occoquan Trail; Emma, Maddy, Marion-Mud Queens
  • March/April 2003 - Marion at Track, Clare gets her Flowers for Oz
  • March 2003 - The "Annual" PCB Mixer...? Martha, Susan, Laura, Alice,Linda, Char &the Boys
  • Winter 2003 - Snow! Panaroma of 501 & the ice covered Potomac.. also Thompsons go to India (via Maryland) & the Bus Stop Gang
  • Winter 2003 - Sparks basketball, Reed visits VA, Potomac Ice, Elanore T. & Tess G. Duct Tape Rules!
  • December 2002 - 12/25/02 @ 193 School - The whole family in Milton for one last time
  • December 2002 - in NYC - Public Library, Chris' TriBeCa Loft, Pompanoosuc Mills; Tenament Museum, Rose Center for Earth & Space
  • November 2002 - Tribe Outing to Prince William Forest Park
  • Fall/Winter 2002 - Clare, Shannon & Jane at the HB Dance; Billy W. & Nort F., the Quiggs, a Potomac Paddle with Marion
  • October 2002 - Skyland I - Ducks on the Grill and Skyland 2002 II
  • August 2002 - Michigan via Cleveland and the Rock and Roll Hall 'o Fame & Interlochen
  • August 2002 - Grand Rapids I and GR II all the time; and III Sleeping Bear National Seashore, Leelanau
  • Summer 2002 - Eagle & Kommo in Arlington; Allison; Reed; Elanor T., Book Club
  • June 2002 - Another Tribe Outing for Indian Guides - Snoring Buffalo Galore; Asia Festival on the Mall with the Bedford from Pakistan
  • June 2002 - A June Wedding for Angel and Matt
  • June 2002 - Hammers Soccer
  • June, 2002 - HB Woodlawn Camp Letts trip. Frank rules! So does Jane, Olivia, Clair L.
  • June, 2002 - The Universe According to Stephen, George, Ted, Scott, etc..... (and Universe II)...
  • May, 2002 - Snoring Buffalo's Excellent Adventure: Camp Friendship, VA (don't miss page II, or III)
  • April, 2002 - Cape Hatteras National Seashore, NC - with Dan & Co. (don't miss II)
  • Easter , 2002 - Milton Part I, and II, Granny Nat, cookies, lamb, and Reed's play in Providence
  • March, 2002 - Marion birthday scooter and a POOL party!
  • February, 2002 - the Natalie 'n Peggy visit. Let the needlepoint begin - and say hi to Gail
  • February, 2002 - the Will E visit. Let the games begin!
  • Christmas, 2001 - Lyn Cab. kids, Thompsons, and a day of giving, and even more taking with Granny Nat.
  • November, 2001 - Thanksgiving with Cousin Liz Shep. and Kate
  • November, 2001 - Soccer with Hurts Hammers! With Allison, Heidi, Mikaela
  • October, 2001 - a beautiful fall weekend and fun with Zola B., Emma, Carly B.
  • September 2001 - Skyland, Shenandoah National Park - First "FFFF Weekend!"
  • September, 2001 - Italy, including La Foce in Tuscany, Sienna and Rome, and a letter from Clare
  • March, 2001 - Tamil Nadu India - Ted & Clare, with Families for Children

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