tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29168330654849732142024-02-06T23:32:45.393-05:00Music Mountain MusingsThoughts on my world ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916833065484973214.post-28389553689749572522023-10-20T08:22:00.006-04:002023-10-20T08:27:16.501-04:00Lots of Birds<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87TvMbGMnB4VLXpGHe0qrh3zGuxzJVIp8MZL7go3fx_KYZ33a15ZoYKx5q1RsbGjQF6gi359A78C8bZiQXqq2T7cvGGuu42OGt9fc1JKq76ny9A5Hor-GOu3gCQkdFQJ1YibQMNLRUrtKE4TMpMOcQlU87eYZ9upY_Tf0LVLSCQIEhsRLPYmzDI0pQ55F/s4032/IMG_2967.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87TvMbGMnB4VLXpGHe0qrh3zGuxzJVIp8MZL7go3fx_KYZ33a15ZoYKx5q1RsbGjQF6gi359A78C8bZiQXqq2T7cvGGuu42OGt9fc1JKq76ny9A5Hor-GOu3gCQkdFQJ1YibQMNLRUrtKE4TMpMOcQlU87eYZ9upY_Tf0LVLSCQIEhsRLPYmzDI0pQ55F/w300-h400/IMG_2967.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Architects Daughter;">Ev</span><span style="font-family: "Architects Daughter";">ery tree in our yard is alive with birds flitting about; chirping; enjoying the day--just like in May! 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We have marked the line with neon orange paint where we want the sides of the driveway. 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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">I</span> always say that there is no place on earth where the sky is bluer than here on Music Mountain. It is a wonderful thing to live in a place with clean air, pure water, blue sky and wonderful neighbors!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916833065484973214.post-36797637382848001102016-11-20T15:15:00.000-05:002017-02-20T16:30:42.871-05:00Sound of Snow<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I bought this quilt top many years ago. The small pieces forming the "rings" are small pieces of feed sack fabric. I first learned about the uses for this material from my belle mere, Louise. She told me that she used to make clothes etc. from the sacks that held the grain for the cows and chickens. It was an incentive for farmers to buy their grain in something that their wives and daughters could reuse. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></b>his year, instead of my usual Poinsettia, I bought a Cyclamen before Christmas and I am so glad that I did. It is among the loveliest of flowering house plants and keeps on spreading its cheer after the holidays--maybe even until midspring. I am so fond of this plant that I have given it a name--<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happiness. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916833065484973214.post-79203077414327552012016-01-01T11:10:00.000-05:002016-01-02T11:40:36.766-05:00New Year's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We found the perfect tree for us at Bunny Acres, a Christmas Tree Farm in Bethel. It was a treat for me to be able to hide all the wires for the lights among the thick branches. It may be the most beautiful tree that we have ever had. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">O</span>ne of the gifts of Christmas 2013 to ourselves </span>was a weather station. It has a rain gauge, determines wind speed, temperature and humidity inside and out, moon phase, date, time, and more. So when I say the wind is gusting at 20 to 30 mph, you will know that I am not guessing. There is a computer screen mounted in the kitchen and the information beamed in--no wires needed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> This is a close-up of the spinners that measure wind speed and direction. </span> <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916833065484973214.post-38693978473896938572013-08-30T08:24:00.000-04:002014-01-12T12:14:51.411-05:00Fly Little Bird <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>he month of August is energized by the antics of fledgling birds such as this robin sporting his spots and enjoying the view from the arm of an Adirondack chair. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY REBECCA!! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916833065484973214.post-67175236807946486042013-08-29T16:00:00.000-04:002014-01-12T12:16:55.340-05:00It really is Music Mountain...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">E</span>rik Johansson sings and plays guitar on the Lunna's porch while his wife Alysoun, R and L listen and libate--is there really such a word as libate? </span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If turning a noun into a verb is allowed, then there is such a word and if not, there should be because I love LL alliterations : )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If LL is taking the picture, any guesses as to the whereabouts of Mr. Lunna? Another trip to the cellar perhaps?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">W</span>hen some birds fly south for the winter, their destination is here on Music Mountain in Vermont. This Common Redpoll is one such visitor from the arctic. She is just one of a large flock of possibly a hundred birds. They are daily visitors to the feeders, the birch tree and the cedar hedge. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0