It's time to update you on all the changes around the pond. Fred and I were driving along Rt. 15 a few days ago and noticed "new wood" showing up on Channel Drive. We investigated and found the new bridge across the channel where the railroad track used to be. We took a picture.

We told you some time ago, I think, that the Dente cottage on Edgewood Ave. was having some work done. That seems to be progressing nicely. On Barre Ave., the Alonzo's cottage is taking shape. We've been told Trent Fenoff and Nate Hale, the builders who did Sue and Eric Martin's place are doing Alonzo's.

On West Shore Rd., the Rouleau lot is beginning to look much, much better. The debris left after clearing the woods has been removed and lots of fill has been brought in. The trucks were hauling today, but it's still too early to guess how the lot will look when it's finished and landscaped.

The Rickers on Sandy Beach Road are apparently having some landscaping done, too. There were some large boulders and lots of machinery there today, and I didn't take any pictures, but I'll go back perhaps this weekend sometime to check that out and post some photos.

We're expecting some interesting weather in the next couple of days. It seems our mild spell may be over and we can look forward to some more seasonal (translation, windy, cold, snowy)
weather for a while. So we may not have a green Christmas in Vermont after all . . . but we'll have to wait to find out! This has been a very unusual fall, and that trend may continue.