floating pumpkins.

it would be the understatment of the year to say that vermont "got some rain" last week. the truth is the rain started on monday and didn't end until friday evening (just in time for the weekend - well done) so we welcomed the first weekend of fall a little bit waterlogged. there were road closures, raging rivers, and a pumpkin patch or two sent underwater. so, while my heart breaks a little bit for the farmers who lost their crops and the jack-o-lanterns that could have been - it made for quite the scene on the connecticut river over the weekend. nothing like floating pumpkins to welcome october...

so in honor of all the fallen pumpkins, let's do our part to enjoy their month and all the wonder that it brings to this little part of the world. starting perhaps by hitting up the pumpkin regatta coming up in burlington this saturday! floating pumpkins are all the rage this year.

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thank you, tom.

without a doubt, you* are my favorite weatherman.
i always love you, but the love has grown infinitely stronger today thanks to your sunny easter weekend forecast.

*for those of you unfamiliar with the vermont weather scene, tom messner is the beloved go-to weather guy in town (and across the state!) which, given the severity of the seasons and our emotional dependency on the forecast - is a pretty tough gig. but we love him, regardless of the daily doppler.

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