strolling of the heifers

woke up to pouring rain, but i was on a mission to check out this cow parade that one of the sort of locals talked up. there were cows...

and llamas, horses, donkeys 

and people in funny vehicles, but it sort of felt less than i was expecting. it was highly entertaining though and PA and i felt like we were in a foreign land.

the town of brattleboro (about an hour south of ludlow) is pretty cool. it has an eclectic mix of stores (everything from a mystery book store to vinyls and interesting art pieces).

this bathtub of beads was in beadniks off of main street. the sign just made me want to climb in, i'm thinking the beads would have been kind of like a massage? it was partially a specialty beads store (think beadazzled) but it also had knick knacks like gumby and old school candies (like razzles). 


we ate at amy's bakery arts cafe (also off of main street) and it was packed at lunch time. my feet were soaked through and it was cold so all i could picture was a hot sandwich= tuna melt w/ avocado. eum eum eum. i highly recommend. PA got this hot turkey sandwich that had avocado and pesto on it that she liked. the baked goods also looked tasty.


it's been challenging thinking of things to do in the evening after lunch as everything is either too far away and everything closes so early so tonight was another movie night w/ some of the ladies. PA and i are going to rutland airport to pick up some new participants so we'll check out that area while we're there. have a good night and hopefully you stay dry!