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How We Came To Vermont, Part 2
Part 2 (of 4)Â We took the night train from Grand Central to Essex Junction, where the Shannons met us, 5:30 am, en route - this trip or...
Virginia McLane
5 days ago1 min read
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How We Came To Vermont, Part 1
So this is how we came to Vermont. Part 1 (of 4): (written by Virginia S. Deane, our aunt, in 1987) After spending the summers of 1926-28...
Virginia McLane
Apr 51 min read
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Prologue: How We Came To Vermont
Prologue to Part 1 of 4 (to come in the next 4 weeks), written on 1/27/24: We have to be thankful to the Shannons' Boarding House which...
Virginia McLane
Mar 301 min read
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The Lazy Window
One of the most interesting pieces of design about Squabetty is our lazy window. Growing up as kids, we thought it was just so cool that...
Virginia McLane
Dec 23, 20231 min read
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Weathering the storm
One of the first things I check when we open the house up in the spring is the anemometer (wind gauge). High winds are a fact of life on...
Virginia McLane
May 15, 20202 min read
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Goodnight house...
The last of our guests have gone. The closing is upon us. While we put the final touches on shutting her up for the winter, the lady bugs...
Virginia McLane
Nov 19, 20191 min read
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Landslide!
Being in a mountain area, even if we are in the northeast, makes us aware (not wary) of landslides. The most famous one occurred in 1887...
Virginia McLane
Mar 22, 20192 min read
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Wild Winds Whip
We have high wind advisories here in Vermont today and tomorrow, with winds 20-30 mph and gusts up to 55 mph. It makes for rough...
Virginia McLane
Feb 24, 20192 min read
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Growing Old and Getting Smarter
Sometimes the fun projects we do over the summer are driven by our aging selves and trying to make life a little easier for us. The fun...
Virginia McLane
Feb 9, 20192 min read
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Dreaming of Warmer Days
As the weather seesaws between warm and rainy, or bitter cold and snowy, I dream of days to come. We are under mounds of snow, and yet,...
Tyler Brown
Jan 29, 20192 min read
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What's In A Name?
Squabetty – what’s in a name. Most people who visit Squabetty want to know how the place got its name. Our mother documented the naming...
Tyler Brown
Oct 1, 20171 min read
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Bringing People Together
When my siblings come to Squabetty each year, it’s a time of intensity – projects we have been talking about and planning since the...
Tyler Brown
Aug 17, 20171 min read
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Something New Changes My Thinking
​Runamok Maple, the company which taps the trees on Squabetty land, has created a new flavor- ginger root infused maple syrup, which is...
Tyler Brown
Aug 13, 20171 min read
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Bringing Outside In
One of the most rewarding parts of readying Squabetty for guests is making little vases of flowers to spread around the house. I prefer...
Tyler Brown
Aug 4, 20171 min read
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Who Once Lived Here?
I have been neglectful in keeping up this blog. For this I apologize. It’s summer, which means more time at Squabetty. I spend a lot of...
Tyler Brown
Jul 27, 20172 min read
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Feeling Grateful
5.5.17 There’s this time between seasons, when there seems to be a lull – it seems nothing is happening; a void between what was and what...
Tyler Brown
May 5, 20171 min read
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Excitement in the Air
4.16.17 It’s been a week since snow fell, and happily melted. Spring-like daytime temperatures and longer days have finally given way to...
Tyler Brown
Apr 16, 20171 min read
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Vermont Maple Open House Weekend
3. 27.17 We survived the dumping of Winter Storm Stella two weeks ago – about 30 inches; and the cold and continued snowy weather since...
Tyler Brown
Mar 27, 20171 min read
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Wind chill, cold and.....flowers!
3.18.17 It’s cold up here in Vermont recently – today a high of 7 degrees with a wind chill advisory for 25 below. The chickadees and...
Tyler Brown
Mar 11, 20171 min read
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Sugaring at Squabetty
Welcome to our new website and weekly blog. Today, the temperatures are in the 50s for a second day in a row, meaning the sap is running...
Tyler Brown
Feb 23, 20171 min read
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