The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) held a Holiday video contest.  I liked the second one the best!

Click here to watch!

I don’t know about you, but when I drive by stuff like this I can’t help but stop and savor the moment.  How lucky are we that we get to live in an area where fields of sunflowers just make your day!?

This incredible field of sunflowers is on the East side of Route 7 in Brandon, across from the former Brandon Training School and the McKernon Group offices, just south of the cemetary.

A funny thing happened on the way to South Ridge yesterday…

It was a beautiful day for picture taking so I drove out to one of Middlebury’s newest neighborhoods, South Ridge, to take photographs of the houses for sale and try to capture the essence of the neighborhood.  Wasn’t I surprised when I crested the hill on Meadow Glen Drive to see a flock of sheep!

The sheep love the plush, green meadows, but after a while they made it home to the Perrin’s farm on Creek Road.

During this particular time of year, Lake Dunmore in Salisbury, Vermont turns into a little city on ice.  They’re holding their annual Lake Dunmore Ice Fishing Derby from January 31st to February 1st. It’s pretty cool actually, there are prizes for the adults and categories so the kids can participate too.  For more information check out the Kampersville Campground website.  This is the kind of activity that brings everyone out of the woodwork and creates some great camaraderie for all participants.  It might be too late for this year, but keep it in mind for 2010!