Very pretty day today.  We were in St. J. most of the morning.  It's still a little tricky getting to where you want to be in St. J., but we didn't have any waits in traffic; we are careful to avoid Western Avenue and Main Street as much as possible.  Everything is torn up on the west side of the town, it seems.

Don't forget that Spirits of Vermont is not too far off, and it's going to be quite an event this year, even bigger than last year, according to the organizers.  Here's a rundown of the participants:
We have 11 restaurants, 4 wineries, 3 brewers, 4 distillers participating in this years Spirits of Vermont. The restaurants are Baliwick's, Brown's Bistro, Goodfellas, Kingdom Tap Room, Downstreet Eats, Sambel's, Bentley's, Burke Mt Confectioners, Crooked Mile Goat Cheese, Cabot Cheese, and I hope Hasting's.  The wineries are North Branch, Fresh Tracks, Grand View, East Shore.  Our brewers are Infinity, Kingdom Brewery (Newport), Foley Bros.  Lastly our distillers are Caledonia Spirits, Vermont Spirits, Dunc's Mill and Smuggler's Notch and Cider provided by Flagg Hill, and there's Sumptuous Syrups and Vermont Coffee Company.  Flowers are being provided by Flower Basket and All about Flowers. 

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In case you've wondered what's been going on in our neighborhood on West Shore Road, the new owner of the property next door to us that Henretta Splain recently sold, has been doing some renovations.  The garage was taken down and the paved driveway, which was in bad shape, has been removed.  The work continues at least into tomorrow with more ditching - some of it having to be done by hand, so Connor Johnson is going to be there tomorrow to work with the contractor.  Right now it's a mess, but we have hopes it will look better in a few days.  Because the driveway is shared by Jamie and Marie with our new neighbor, and we are somewhat involved because the ditch runs along the edge of our property and leads to a culvert by the mailboxes at the end of our drive.