This fall keeps on giving us the most gorgeous weather I've ever experienced at this time of year in Vermont. The Plimpton-Harris family is boarding two lovely horses for the winter, so we decided to go down there to ride the horses, help shuttle bales of hay, and enjoy the lovely day while watching little Henry Kelsey.
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| Tanner, Henry, Hazen, Cally, the goats, and one horse |
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| "Riding" the ATV |
The big event was getting Hazen on the horse.... and so fired up about being there. Every time we've tried to do a pony ride, he's freaked out and we've had to get our money back. So, we were really surprised how excited he was to be on Creole.
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| Can't beat this setting |
Hazen is full of questions these days. So when he kept asking us where milk comes from, it occurred to me that we'd never brought him to milk a cow. Shelburne Farms has all sorts of farm demonstrations throughout the spring, summer and fall, so we decided to head over there on a gorgeous Sunday to let Hazey see for himself, just where we get our milk from.
He wasn't really sure what to think when he saw the big cow and learned all about her.
After watching Cally do some milking, he was confident enough to give it a try:
We also went on a great hike on the Shelburne Farms property:
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| Climbing a gorgeous apple tree |
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| Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks to the West |
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| The Green Mountains to the East |
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| Taking a ride back to the car behind a tractor |
It's been a bummer that John "broke his wing" and has missed out on riding and adventuring through the forest on his bike this fall. However, it has enabled us to do a lot more as a family. We are so fortunate to live in such a beautiful place!
