Vermont Living

I spent an almost perfect long weekend in Vermont recently.  First there was the weather.  The summer can be very unforgiving in a damp house without any climate control what-so-ever.  The heat and the humidity can combine to make you feel like a pioneer.  The fact that most Vermonters have not had to install air conditioning until the last decade makes it pretty common that you will be warm in July, unduly so.  Climate change is upon us, and Vermont is no exception. 
Late summer going into fall is another story, with cooler and more comfortable temperatures that invite a stroll.  We had that kind of luck, which we combined with good food, an auction with a few good finds (and more if we had been closer to home, and in a moving van), and a sense of peacefulness that I get at times when I am there.  Just perfect, like the covered bridge near our house.