The Henry sisters, Autumn , #1, and Tess, Bunny Girl, stayed with us over the weekend. With their friends, Adam and Nick, we saw the magnificent Clydesdale horses who were across from the Grist Mill in Killington. These beautiful horses are 18 hands "tall", 6 feet, and are over 2000 pounds.

For breakfast we had: omelets, hazlenut-flax pancakes (deelishush!), turkey bacon, fruit cups, juice, coffee, and a couple of baked goods made by Karen. Everyone was well pleased.

The weather was balmy and rainy during the day. After going to the Good Cents Store, Dollar Bag sale, Tess, like her mom, Margo, got some great deals, one of them a long retro red dress. Adam got a suit and a bunch of other clothes for a 'buck", too. Since the Good Cents Store is moving back to its original location, they have to unload things soon. Of course, the best deal was the "Free Room'! We found a B&B Guide and some other treasures. Our other purchases consisted of a couple of dishes, glasses, and kitchen ware...they were not in the Dollar Bag sale...we gladly paid "2 dolla".

Of course the girls had to go to TJ's in the center of Rutland...I don't think Nick and Adam were too excited about that. After an hour or so and a couple of gems, we headed back to the Birdhouseinn..Karen and I made a quick dinner of chicken, pasta, cole slaw and the snacks, of course...chips, dips, cheeses and Vermont Sweetwater sodas. The stuffed breads from New Haven that Aut and Adam brought up yesterday were heated up and devoured. After a satisfying dinner, we started up the fireplace before readying for a few rounds of SEQUENCE.

We had a fun time playing this game. Karen's "sounds" were a "tickle" to Autumn. The fun and laughter playing three rounds of Sequence were puntuated by squeals and Hi-fives as the various teams complted their five-in-a-rows. I don't want to sound like I'm bragging or anything, but I was on the "winning" team in all three rounds...partnered with Karen, first, then Adam, and lastlly with Autumn...luck? Or as Karen so pointedly said, "its the cards, baby"...not skill. Oh, well.

The girls were supposed to get back to Connecticut for work, Autumn, and NYC for Tess as she begins her new ventures at the Parsons-New School. But...during our game playing evening, the balmy, rainy weather turned into a pretty nice snowstorm. So we suggested that they go later, early in the morning. I detailed the NY Route 22 return passage which I thought would be clearer and safer.

As the snow continued to beautify the Vermont countryside we went to bed and hoped for clear passage inthe morning.