Multistateinal

That's what I am.  And, if it's not a word, it oughta be.  I realized yesterday that I started in New York (the Vampire State), drove to Massachusetts to the farmers market and to get chicken feed, then back to New York to drop it off, then to Up-Upstate New York to the Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival, then to Vermont to make a drop-off to Goodwill and to see my parents, then back to New York.  A little over 150 miles!  And, while I don't usually put that many miles on my car on the weekend, I am usually in three states.  Cool!

It was (oh, surprise) another rainy, drizzly day, but it did clear up slightly towards the end.  But, other than the fall colors coming and leaves dropping (and chickens moulting), you'd think it was August.  Warm and sticky.  I picked up some beautiful eggplant at the farmers market, along with cilantro, shallots, kale and a lovely big chrysanthemum for Marianne's birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIANNE), then picked up poultry feed, which has gone up in price again!  After dropping the vegetables off at home, I picked up my next round of drop-offs and headed up to the SoAd Fiber Fest.

I like this festival, because it's only three years old, it's growing nicely and Kay and Melanie both have booths there.  I also got to meet M's mom, which was very nice.  She designs and makes beautiful jewelry. 

Melanie and her mom.  If you think my camera shots are shaky,
just check the focus on phone shots!

These guys were playing at the festival - The Widgets.  They were great!

Then it was off to Marianne's to drop off her mum and then to Vermont for Goodwill stop and to see the folks.  Although it was a gloomy vista, it is also amazingly beautiful in this area.  I stopped to take a picture of the view - there were better vistas, but the roads snake around and there is no shoulder at the side of the road to speak of.  I didn't want to get clipped so I waited for a better spot to pull over.

On the way to Marianne's.

Then it was back home to get chores done and head out to Sylvie's for dinner.  I have some things to check of "the list" today, so I had better get at it!

I'll leave you with two odd-ball pictures:

It felt like this day in August (without the sun) - taken at Tanglewood
this summer.

My favorite view of Scrappy.

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