Of all the times of year, I love being at Squabetty in the autumn the best. Of course it brings back fond memories of falls past:...

The night before my wedding at Squabetty, we had a square dance, as was an annual tradition in our family, in the barn. My parents hired...

Part 3 (of 3).  We bought Squabetty in 1931 with no intention of moving in then. The house was not habitable. We came quite often from...

Part 2 (of 4)  We took the night train from Grand Central to Essex Junction, where the Shannons met us, 5:30 am, en route - this trip or...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

When my siblings come to Squabetty each year, it’s a time of intensity – projects we have been talking about and planning since the...

​Runamok Maple, the company which taps the trees on Squabetty land, has created a new flavor- ginger root infused maple syrup, which is...

One of the most rewarding parts of readying Squabetty for guests is making little vases of flowers to spread around the house. I prefer...

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...

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...

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...