Land in Vermont

 I heard Crackle’s barking when I just pulled into our parking lot.

He is really happy to see me home. He knows in the afternoon he can get a little bit more attention from me. 

In the morning my goal is to feed the dog and put him outside a few times to do his business.

Daniel usually gets Crackle in the house around the time I arrive. So I can peacefully enter.

You should have seen my entrance that day. 

I don’t know what words to use, you help me…

I had my purse (not big, light color, for summer), a big laptop bag (I needed to use my computer at work), a tote (where I had my coffee cup, charger, sweater, notebook, and a few other things), a small bag with knitting (it didn’t fit in the tote, but I needed it for work), and my lunch bag.

Can you imagine what I looked like? In Russia we call it a camel. (Because Camels are very often used as porters). 

Eventually I made it through the gate, kissed Crackle on the forehead, and kissed my husband. Then I asked him: will we ever have 1-2 ( preferably 7) boring days?

Our life is in full swing no matter what.

Busy schedules, daily routines, worry about the situation in the world,  and concern about family and friends…

It's not that I don't have time to write about everything, I don't even have time to think about writing.I definitely need to do short stories but more often.

I don’t like to talk about something that hasn't happened yet. But now I can announce - we bought a piece of land in Vermont. 

The deal took place literally last Thursday.

Before that each my Saturday off, every our holiday off we drove to see lands in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Western  Massachusetts. 

I have to tell you  you don’t trust the photos of the items you would like to purchase. The agents have become very good photographers! We realized that it is absolutely necessary to see the land /parcel.

We looked at properties in

Chester, VT

Hinsdale, NH

Royalton, VT

Northfield, VT

Bethel, VT

Royalston, MA

Acworth, NH

Stamford, VT

Orange, NH

+2 lands in Maine, I don’t remember the town’s names

+Maybe somewhere else I don’t remember

We drove in nice weather, under pouring rain, in fog.

I was freaked out by the number of ticks on our clothes after a walk on one of the plots of land. Daniel was bitten by a tick. 

A couple of times we got lost (on a way from the land to highway). In these parts, our cell phones didn’t have reception quite often. 

So, I figured out how to update the map on our old-fashioned GPS that we haven’t used forever. Daniel wrote an enormous amount of emails to agents. 

I printed out a bunch of maps and directions.  

Don’t even ask how many hours we spent online searching…

Did you know that the land without a building on it doesn’t have a number? For example: 00 Forever Rd. 

Well, with God's help, in a couple of years our 20+acres in Vermont will get the number. 

As for now we are going to enjoy pure nature, hills and downs, small brooks and old forest.

I think the story of land “to be continued”.