we like snow.
Northfield Mount Hermon School , Northfield, Massachusetts (Nikon CoolPix 4500)
We are in Sutton again today, and work continues. The internet has arrived, so even though we haven't moved in we can check email while we work.

Mable and I took a long walk up the dirt road by our house this morning. The dirt road quickly becomes a narrow and rutted path. In about a mile we came to an old beaver pond where I saw many moose and deer tracks. We turned around at the pond, but the road continues. I'll see where to another day.

School starts next Wednesday.
 { Saturday, August 27, 2005 | Comment # }

Concord, New Hampshire (Pentax k1000)
Today for lunch: 2 bags of chips (1 plain, 1 barbecue), 2 brownies (with walnuts), and 1 orange soda.

Not dietician approved.
 { Thursday, August 25, 2005 | Comment # }

Sutton, New Hampshire (Nikon CoolPix 4500)
We just put in three full days of work on the house, and we're making progress. Slow progress. The bathroom is gutted down to the 100+ year old floorboards. We have discovered that the folks who installed the last bathroom only sometimes glued pipes together. Luckily, their friction fittings worked pretty well and the floors have suffered very little water damage. The other lucky thing is that we don't have to work in the crawl space for this job.

Beth is having a really hard time choosing paint colors, but the walls are ready for paint once she makes her selection.

I can also add an item to my list of area attractions:

8. The Solid Waste Transfer Station (a.k.a. The Dump). $25 to dump a truckload of construction debris seems like a pretty good deal.

Lastly: I received two copies of this month's issue of McSweeney's The Believer. Anyone want it?
 { Monday, August 22, 2005 | Comment # }

Sutton, New Hampshire (Nikon CoolPix 4500)
At long last, here it is: our new house. Built in 1891, it used to serve as the schoolhouse for Sutton. Now it's home for two teachers. (Beth quit her job today and will start work as a reading tutor this fall.)

We signed the paperwork yesterday evening and then spent the night in the house, on the floor in our sleeping bags. It was really nice, though we do have some work to do before moving in completely. For instance, I spent the morning moving about a third of the woodpile you see by the door. (Why would you put a woodpile where all of the rain from the roof runs right onto it?)

The night that our offer on the house was accepted, I spent the evening researching the house and the area. Here's what I dug up:
  1. Mt. Sunapee is 10 miles from our house. The cheapest season pass is $629. Ouch.
  2. The house is about 2 miles from the 362 acre Stoney Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. Sanctuary residents: deer, moose, and bear.
  3. Section 13 of the Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway is just up the hill from our house. The Greenway is a 75-mile hiking trail surrounding Lake Sunapee, and Ragged and Kearsarge Mountains. Naturally, I'll have to hike the whole thing one of these days. (There is plenty of other hiking as well.)
  4. Greenhill Organic, the local organic farm.
  5. The local farmer's market.
  6. In addition to the Sutton free library, we are also allowed to use the Library at New England College.
  7. A good ghost story.

Our first big job (after we move the woodpile) will be renovating the bathroom. We have quite the scheme cooked up, so wish us luck.
 { Wednesday, August 17, 2005 | Comment # }

Victoria, B.C. (Holga)
As of right now, one paper down and one to go.

(Why did I save the worst one for last?)
 { Thursday, August 11, 2005 | Comment # }

Mt. Eisenhower (4,761 feet), New Hampshire (Pentax k1000)
My friend George was visiting from Portland last week and he pulled me away from my studies to hike up Eisenhower. We started off the morning hiking up through thick clouds, from a parking lot thick with out-of-state plates. Around noon though, the clouds started to blow off and we had some so-so views. As you can see from Mable's expression, clouds or no clouds, being above tree line in NH is the best.
 { Monday, August 08, 2005 | Comment # }

Springfield, Virginia (Lomo LC-A)
I am about to leave for my final class of the summer. It has been my favorite summer class, and not just because it's called "the hiking class." We're going for a hike around Squam Lake today to wrap things up and say our good-byes. I still have two papers to write for other classes, but it's nice to see things winding down.

This has been (and will continue to be) a great week of visits. Check the list:

  1. Dan, Ann, and Sadie
  2. George from Portland
  3. Aunt Linda & cousins Emily and Leah
  4. Greg, Erin, Dylan, Frank, and Stephanie this weekend.

Sorry for our long absence.

(You'll notice a new addition to the "Befriending" list. My friend Jason just moved to Bombay, India to teach math and he also started a blog.)
 { Thursday, August 04, 2005 | Comment # }

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Befriending

Dan, Ann, & Sadie
Erin, Greg, Dylan, & Avery
Thee Chase Familee
Kristin, Doug, & Riley
Ann, Mark, & Ella
Jamie, Matt, & Adam
Krista, Taylor, & Virginia
Melissa, John, & Molly
Jason
Maryanna & Cory
Jennie

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2007: J F M A M J J A S O N D
2006: J F M A M J J A S O N D
2005: J F M A M J J A S O N D
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