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  • The Three Towers of Montpelier

    Driving down the hill into Montpelier,

    I saw these towers lined up perfectly at this one moment of the wheels’ turn. When I reached the end of the hill, I decided to turn back and see if I could see it again on foot. There were a few workers on the road finishing up a paving job, so I slowly went around them. I parked in some dirt near an apartment complex. A worker in a steamroller gave me the OK to park there after I asked if I’d be in his way. I told him I was just photographing the buildings, so he told me about the houses on the opposite side of the street from us. An artist-architect built them decades ago. The worker said people suggested I go up the stone walkway as it offers a better view. (See previous post for more on that)
     
    I went up the walkway to see if I could find the spot where the buildings lined up. It wasn’t really working out up here (power-lines in the way), so I carefully stepped back across the stone built ledge, that extended down to the street 12 feet below.
     
    After getting back on the sidewalk, I walked up the road slow as can be until the towers lined up as they were before. I thought it was neat and I’m curious if they were built that way on purpose.

    What do you think about this set?

    Tower Focus
    Branch Focus

  • Roadside Vermont

    Early this morning,

    I had the task of driving to a friends house 30 miles away in Williamstown, VT to pick up a large metal shelf (Thank you, Vanessa!). I brought my camera along in hopes of making and adventure out of the drive. On the way down, I was pretty determined on getting the shelf, so I didn’t end up stopping at all. I did hear about a sock sale going on at the Cabot Hosiery Factory, so I ventured to that location afterward. I drove from over to Northfield to go to the sale for the first time. There were hundreds of people and thousands of socks. I ended up almost filling my bag, so I think I’ll be prepared for this winter (and Christmas)!

    After handing over the Benjamin and leaving the sock sale, my new goal was to find interesting places to get some photos of the Vermont roadside landscape. I took main roads and ventured off onto side roads that seemed like they could be promising.

    I saw some neat architecture and forgotten structures that really stood out on this dismal November morning. I stopped where I could, sometimes (many times) turning around to stop and take a few photos. The rest of this will be a presentation of the photos in order taken, with possible captions for some description.

    Enjoy 🙂

     

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    Caught my eye.
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    Had to stand on this stump to take the photo above! 
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    Far from the road was this little white shack. An unmarked police car was following me, so it seemed proper to turn off the road, turn around and take this photo.
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    “Alhenwood” From the front door of an old artistic looking house just outside Montpelier. 
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    From the same hill that the previous house is on, looking across town. Montpelier, VT

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    Through the Trees. Montpelier, VT. I took the same photo, but with the buildings in focus, will be on my Instagram @d.f0m
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    I decided to head up a dirt road, found this house and love the look of it. I hope they don’t mind 😉 Alternate vision on Instagram soon. @d.f0m
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    Lastly, a shack I’ve passed by many times, but finally stopped.