Heidi and Hannah came to Poultney and the Birdhouse Inn for a visit to Green Mountain College. And they have chickens, too! Have a safe trip back to Maine; see you soon!

A very happy gathering and dinner hosted by Joan and Ike, our neighbors, who were here for a bit of a reprieve from the tons of snow in Oswego! And who else was there?

Quite a crew, eh?

Valentine's Day Church Supper, Chicken and Biscuits! Yummmmmmm...at the Fair Haven Congregational Church...

Scenes from the Manchester Chili Challenge...

And what did we win at the silent auction?

Dinner with the perfect wife from Amy Chamberlain's The Perfect Wife Restaurant! Nice....................and her cute son agrees, too! We can go "freestyle", too...her Macaroni & Cheese Chile was "da bomb"...

Posing with my pal Hassan who won again for the "hottest" chili...where does he get the "heat" from? Those peppers are HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cooooooooooooooooool tunes from The Panhandlers again!

An evening of "good eats" with neighbors Bob and Marlene.

Then the real fun begins with a game of setback...

...who were the winners?

Visiting Linda and Pete in Florida, just before the tornadoes hit!

And some other interesting sights, too!

A beautiful reunion for a beautiful couple...

Nick and Anita spent a few days with us while on his R&R from Mosul, Iraq...and Anita coming into the Green Mountains from the Cook Islands via New Zealand.

We did our best to give them a peaceful and relaxing time...

Our breakfasts were very pleasing to them...

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Some nice ice fishing...

Care to guess where this is?

What will be the prize this time...

Let us know...

Some snow, eh?

A record snowfall on Valentine's Day!!

About 30" or so...

Blackie and Matilda are setting...but it's too cold for them to have chicks...

...Mr. Cluck has gone to the bottom of the pecking order!

Karen's masterpiece...finally finished.

Come and join her!!

I wonder what's inside the nicely wrapped package?

At Doug and Barbara Trude's for a fabulous Christmas meal...

...many thanks!

A very nice return visit with Mr. and Mrs. Peacock from Connecicut and Brad and Chris from Massachusetts and the other relatives from Georgia...forgot their names...(and they forgot to sign our book, oops!)

Where's MaryJo and Mark?

See you next year!

Our first time out on the snowshoes this year...nice day...!!!

The Norwegian Connection...

Rick and Susan are here from NYC...

...after a visit with Rick's son at GMC, they are headed north to their annual gala...involving dancing and dancing...