Autumn in Vermont

This weekend was filled with many autumnal activities. I taste-tested organic produce and delectable treats at a local farmers market, shopped for warm attire on Church Street and took a trip to the Shelburne Museum where I quickly fell in love with Vermont foliage in addition to the museum's many diverse galleries and sites. If you happen to take a trip to Burlington in the future, I highly recommend visiting the Shelburne Museum; displays vary from Impressionist paintings to historic Steamboat Ticonderoga. Here are some photos of the museum's grounds!

Happy fall!

   

Small Town Satisfactions

This weekend, I attended my town's annual fall church fair. This is just one of the many activities I like to participate in during the season of Autumn (the primary list is found in this post.) The fair attracts nearly all of the town's residents, entertaining both families and individuals with classic small-town festivities such as raffles, the supply of both freshly baked goods and "stone" soup (which, may I add, is cooked in a very appropriate colonial Calderon), and live music by local jam-bands. While leaving, I came across a huge peace sign formulated with hand-made paper pin wheels on the front lawn of the town's elementary school (see below), which happened to be situated in the heart of the fair. Though simplistic, this very image, in addition to the familiar activity I had just engaged in, reminded me why I should be grateful for having grown up in such a tight-nit community.

Cultural Eatings

On this gray day, my mom and I took a trip to a nearby town to attend the "Taste of Greater Danbury" festival (thanks to the suggestion of a sign that was pitched street-side.) Unlike many of the smaller communities in Fairfield county, Danbury plays home to a vast collection of different cultures. with that said, a vast collection of culturally-rich (no pun intended) food was at our fingertips... and we couldn't have been happier! it was both rewarding and enjoyable to take a minor break from homogeneous scenery and present ourselves with food from a variety of different traditional cuisine's, including Thai, Indian, and my favorite, Jamaican (see below)! in the end, the day was far from gray (if you disregard the weather).

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