Camp DuBoff

Well, the drive was long on Saturday but it was uneventful, so that was good. We spent 45min. driving around Brunswick, looking for the church, but eventually found it. The wedding was small, with only 3 or 4 other friends there, and the rest was family. It was very traditional, with Pachelbel's Canon for the processional, traditional welcoming and vows, short and quick. The reception was outdoors at a state park. There was lots of good food, and the bride and groom seemed happy.

But it was still a very long drive. :-P

Currently we are house-sitting for some horse people that my family actually knew years ago when we did foster care for shelter dogs. They call their house "Camp DuBoff" because they have three horses, three sheep, four dogs, five cats, a large house, gardens, and a pool all set on 135 acres on the side of Mt. Anthony right outside of Bennington, VT. It's absolutely beautiful and we are really enjoying our stay here (which Shelli will be glad to hear - she told us, "We want you to enjoy yourselves because we want to use you again and again and again!" They've had problems in the past finding reliable house-sitters). They took the two younger dogs with them, so we only have the older two - "Brisco," a decrepit old Doberman who looks and moves something like an ROUS (from Princess Bride) and "Lucky," a smallish German Shepherd who is very sweet to us but has the bad habit of biting strangers in the behind if they seem scared of her (so don't run away if she starts barking!). Then there are the cats: Lucky (yes, same name for two animals), Sammy, Amy, Sueanne and Fat Emily (who is the fattest cat I've ever seen - she gets stuck if she tries to go through the cat door!). The horses are BJ, Domino and Austin - a Rocky Mountain Horse, Paint, and huge Belgian cross, respectively, and the sheep - Lilly the mama and BillyBob and AnJolie, the twins. The animals all get fed in the morning, and then we get to eat. ;) The dogs and horses also get fed in the evening, and the horses get a bedtime treat. We're having lots of fun. :)

Oh, and the very exciting news is that we sold Annie yesterday! I was prepared to be very sad when she sold, because I've enjoyed her so much, but she was bought by a family who just moved to a farm in VT and are new clients of Jamie's. They will board both their horses at the farm every winter, and Jamie will give them lessons at their farm in the summer. SO, we'll still get to have Annie at the barn every year and keep tabs on how she's doing, which will be so nice. Yay!