North of Burlington VT there is a chain of islands in Lake Champlain. Apparently socialist Bernie has one of his three houses here. It’s great to be a socialist when you are in charge.
Driving through was lovely, our only real stop was on La Motte Island – really interesting stuff.
OK, this was on North Hero. Someone created these wonderful dragons out of drift wood. There is a famous artist, Deborah Butterfield who has been casting bronze horses
, the casts are made from driftwood. Exactly like these dragons. She just figured, you can make more money when you make it out of bronze. (not a socialist).
I absolutely love this creativity.
This is a large dragon, may they last here for a long time.
Then it was on to La Motte
On our little visitor map I had read about the Chapel of St. Anne. Little did I know that when we arrived (it wasn’t a Sunday) there would be a service. I’m wondering if the guys in white are monks who live there. Who ever was preaching to the small group was quoting Star Trek. Ugh, our rabbi does that, it bugs me, I want real religion, not fake stuff. Oh well.
Here she is. Lovely, there were also plaques commemorating the battles in the French Indian War in what became the border between Canada and the US. We tend to forgot how quiet peaceful places were always so.
Then, fabulous surprise for me! Barn Quilts!!! Ok, not on barns, on boat houses and garages, most referencing the water. I stopped at them all.
See what I mean? Add an anchor in a block.
At this house the owner came out to see why we were photographing his house. As soon as Joel said, my wife stops for all quilts – he said -yeah, my wife is the same way. Which explains the block on the house.
Final one, well final picture that I took. I did see a few others.
Then it was on to the next thing that La Motte is known for – an old quarry. We are in the Green mountains, its all made up of granite, of course there will be quarries.
This one is defunct, down the road there is a quarry that is still working.
Rainwater has gathered over the years in the quarry and has created a pond. Today, quiet, lonely and peaceful
Hard to see, but this is a fossil of a shell, there were others marked off as well. At some point many millions of years ago this was covered by ocean. I wonder how long it took for Lake Champlain to become a sweet water lake, rather than salty?
One final barn quilt, judging by the color of the building, I almost thought barn, but no, it’s a house. Btw, in VT, the barns are all red and the Churches are white.
Leah