We went to Cabot Saturday evening to take some things down to the Historical Society and when we went by the Burtt farm, they were baling hay as fast as they could. They had a lot down with a long stretch of good weather ahead - about the first good haying weather we've had. The farmers have had to dodge showers most of the summer.

The bales were square that the Burtt's were handling. The baler literally shoots the tied bale onto the hay rack and if someone is there to place the bales they can pack a lot of them onto that rack.

In the village, people were bustling about getting ready for the Fourth. They were setting up for the chicken BBQ and there were some people working at the recreation field at the north end of the village. We had to stop at Harry's Hardware, and from there stopped for a creamee at the stand next door. That helped stave off our hunger until we could get home for dinner. At the historical society building, it was stuffy and hot, but after opening some windows, it got better. This is a picture of the entry way. It's a really nice old building and we are fortunate to have it and so many really nice artifacts.

We unloaded our stuff and then headed home to watch the fireworks.

Today I went to help out at the Historical Society and took lots of pictures - which each year I say I'm not going to do, but always end up doing it anyway. I started off outside the building, but it was way too hot for me and I retreated to my perch at the window on the second floor of the Historical Society building. Great vantage point. There were the usual entries - Bread and Puppet Theater group, R.D. Eno and his musical group (with bells strapped to their legs, they dance their way up the street!), lots of interesting floats - our new minister (lady) driving a tractor, Skip and Rose Bothfeld with their tractors, Anson Tebbetts with his two young sons and a couple lambs - those of you who know people in Cabot will no doubt pick out familiar faces. Oh yes, they had a bubble machine just up the street from where I was and the bubbles were floating everywhere. Great fun. Then the firemen sprayed the crowd lightly as they went by, and of course there were the fists full of candy being thrown out to the kids in the crowd. Cabot Creamery tossed out little packages of cheese! Wish I'd been down there for that!
It's a good thing there wasn't a fire anywhere in the vicinity because the fire trucks from several nearby towns were all in the parade . . . Slide Show

We had lots of people stop by the museum and I came home with a list of people to contact and things to do as a result. Several people requested photos; others were able to put me in touch with resources to answer some of our questions, and we even had a couple of very nice donations to our collection. It was a good day.