First it’s missing gnomes in Hinesburg, now we hear from Alex on Front Porch Forum in Williston about his escaped tent…
Sometime during the 40 mph winds Thursday night, our tent (which was staked to the ground with 8 stakes!) for some reason decided to see where the wind would take it…. literally.
Perhaps it was not feeling appreciated, or just wanted a change of scenery…. whatever the reason, the tent is gone and could not be located as I drove through the neighborhood early this morning.
For all I know, it could have ended up in Winooski by now, but if someone sees or has heard of a ginormous camping tent blowing through your backyard, please let me know.
Description: It’s a large beige colored tent. Poles may no longer be included… may have some stuffed animals inside enjoying the ride.
Bill’s not letting the economy — or a bear attack — get him down (as posted to his Hinesburg neighbors on Front Porch Forum today)…
Bear Market finally hits Baldwin Rd
Delighted with the Budd and Schubart bird delis and their cornucopia of curious feeding devices, a hungry black bear, out for a Saturday evening ramble on the old French Farm, made short work of the feeders and poles, leaving a scattered array of mangled metal and plastic on the deck and front lawn of each residence and making a great deal of noise. Great fun.
Bill@Schubart.com
http://www.Schubart.com
My favorite Front Porch Forum headline of the day comes from Penny in Essex Junction, VT…
Library Book Cart Precision Drill Team Seeking Leader
Brownell Library Is Looking for Book Cart Precision Drill Team Leader for its entry in the Memorial Day Parade Saturday 23 May.
Have you always wanted to drive one of those little cars in a parade? Brownell Library staff is hoping to put together a drill team of book carts, but we are short on “marching experience”. We DO Have a copy of The Library Book Cart Precision Drill Team Manual. We think this could be heaps of fun. Want to join us? Want to LEAD US?
Contact Penny Pillsbury 878-6955 or http://www.brownelllibrary.org
Those crazy librarians. 😉
Truth be told, this is one group of people who make great use of FPF… local librarians reach a sizable fraction of their constituents with the click of a button.
Front Porch Forum members are having fun with the Nine Words for 2009 raffle. Any resident of Chittenden County, VT may join FPF and enter the raffle! Some entries from today…
UPDATE 1: Posting a comment to this blog will NOT enter you in the raffle! You must post to your FPF neighborhood forum to enter the drawing.
UPDATE 2: More entries and the winners!
Front Porch Forum gets lots of predictable postings among neighbors, but I didn’t see this one coming…
“Does anyone know of a place that would have a vintage style Hearse that I could rent like a Limo? Do I just start cold calling Funeral Parlors?” -Brennan in Burlington’s Old North End
“Cold calling” indeed.
Favorite Front Porch Forum posting of the day (from my neighbor, Don)…
Neighbors – I am looking to buy a vinyl version of Meatloaf “Back Into Hell” (it’s the Bat out of Hell II), from around 1993, I think. The condition of the vinyl is not important, but my sister wants a cover in good condition to complete a full set of Meatloaf memorabilia. I guess there’s no accounting for taste, but she is my sister, so I said I’d help. Any aging head-bangers out there?
Now that’s a good brother.
Wendy in Winooski offered some of her garden plants to her neighbors via Front Porch Forum yesterday. This kind gesture didn’t work out so well…
Okay – I suppose I should have been more descriptive about those hens and chicks i wanted folks to help themselves to. They are small, round, green and grow in the ground.
A flamingo lawn ornament is pink, plastic, and stuck in the ground.
Someone apparently didn’t know the difference and removed the flamingo. Oh well.
Laurel in South Burlington posted the following to her FPF neighborhood forum today…
Hi all – It’s a long story, but I’m looking for an extremely large box, like a refrigerator-sized box, to help me with babyproofing. If you have one, please let me know!
My wife and I have our own houseful of babies and I can only imagine Laurel’s plans. 😉
Perhaps the most important neighborhood posting ever made on Front Porch Forum came through in Williston today…
“Hello – We just moved to the area and heard the ice cream truck! Is there anyone who knows it’s regular route, and/or how we can get him to stop for our little one! We live on N. Brownell Rd., so it is not a neighborhood, but we would still like to visit him! Thanks!”
It’s been a seriously long and cold winter here in Vermont and this week suddenly hit the 60s!
Of course, not all Front Porch Forum postings are weighty, as discussed in the previous entry. Here’s one just in from Karyl in Huntington…
“Dear friends – Looking to borrow a mask of Richard Nixon. Short notice! I’m catering a ‘Big Lebowski’ party at a bowling alley and would love for Tricky Dick to make an appearance and throw a few frames.”
I’m willing to bet she finds the mask. 😉
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