Winter at Cobb Hill
Chloe and I had the good fortune of house-sitting in winter 2008 at Cobb Hill, a co-housing community in Hartland, Vermont. It's a lovely place in multiple ways—people, setting, houses, ideals.
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Susie & Hal's house, our house-sitting home. (Ladder for clearing ice & snow from leaky skylight—really fun the first time.) Mt Ascutney at left.
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A fine picture at every window.
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Raking snow from the roof to prevent ice dams.
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Friends Marta and John.
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It's a working farm, with award-winning cheese (partners shown here) among other enterprises.
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The hens.
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Serious snow! This wood is for the central furnace that heats all the houses. Everyone takes turns feeding it.
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A foggy day out the dining room window.
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You can ski a 6 mile loop out the back door.
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It was a great winter.
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