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My name is Andrée. I live in northeastern Vermont (what is called the Northeast Kingdom), on the side of Barton Mountain. It is a rural area. Others call it a “remote area”; no cell phone service, no big stores, mostly dirt roads, dairy farming is the predominant business. The big excitement for me is the monthly movie at the public library. I walked my daughter’s Vermont beagles early in September and took the camera. It was a fun walk because the animals on the way were startled to see two new dogs. There was a lot of excitement and chatter about them. The photos show the horses, dogs and 1 red squirrel that we ran into. You can see the complete Flickr set here.

We first passed a memorial created in the beaver meadow across the road where our EMT died in a roll-over five years ago. Then we passed our neighbors, the white and brown horses. They were very curious about Scout and Sophie. The dogs could not have cared less about the horses. We left Willoughby Lake Road and turned east onto Doyle Road. We crossed a bridge over May Brook.

We found an abandoned shed on May Brook and continued up the ridge. An angry red squirrel furiously scolded the dogs, making them pull on their leads and bark uncontrollably. I looked over my shoulder and saw a beautiful view of Barton Mountain, where I live halfway down under the saddle-part that you see in the photo below.

On the walk back home, I spent a bit of time photographing Queen Anne’s Lace and the dogs that belong to the horses. The little dog went nuts barking at my dogs. The big dog stood silent guard as we crossed in front of his territory. I got a few nice shots of my house and of the beaver meadow across my road. I also, finally, was able to get a decent shot of the cliffs over my house, on the mountain, where bobcats live. One of my cats, Buddy, was resting from his hunt on the front stoop of the house when we walked up. He had not seen the dogs in months and reacted threateningly. Now, a few weeks later, he sleeps with the dogs. The last photo is my favorite: my neighbor’s horse as he watches us walk by. He was so alert and curious that he followed as best he could through his field as we went by. I have other photowalks I would like to share with you in the future. I hope you enjoyed seeing my area. Thank you for reading.

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