Santa's Reindeer

Mr. Hunter celebrates the season with some genuine reindeer.

Yo!
Ho ho ho!

Season's greetings!

Frontierland
Disneyland
Anaheim, California

December 2005

Hildene Farm

Mr. Hunter got a peek at the workings of Hildene Farm.  Located on the grounds of the old Robert Todd Lincoln estate, the farm is home to Nubian goats, guard llamas, and some friendly farm cats.

Suppertime for the Nubian goats.

Guard llamas at Hildene Farm.

You know how you forget that your camera is set to take video?  It happened here, which is how I came to capture this snippet of Mr. Hunter, the Hildene Farm landscape, and a little bit of goats bleating.

September New England sky.

Hildene Farm

Manchester, Vermont

September 2012

About Hildene Farm Signature Cheese - http://www.vtcheese.com/members/hildene/hildene.htm

Lincoln's Hildene

In Manchester, we stopped at Hildene, which was the Vermont summer home of Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln.  We arrived too late in the afternoon to tour the estate.  There also seemed to be some tempting walking trails on the grounds, so we intend to return someday when we have time for a bit of hiking.

Mr. Hunter and Hildene.

About Lincoln's "Hildene"

Hildene

Manchester, Vermont

September 2012

Official site for Hildene - http://www.hildene.org/

Welcome to Taylor Farm

You know the proverbial needle in a haystack?  

Maybe you'd like to try to find Mr. Hunter in this woodpile...

"Here I am!"

Mr. Hunter and family found this woodpile as they wandered the grounds of Taylor Farm, a dairy farm located on Route 11 in Londonderry, Vermont.

Maple Meadow cage free eggs and Bob White quail eggs.

Mr. Hunter and some grade A gold maple syrup at Taylor Farm.

Taylor Farm

Londonderry, Vermont

September 2012

Official site for Taylor Farm - http://www.taylorfarmvermont.com/

The Vermont Cheese Trail

Mr. Hunter and family spent a day driving around southern Vermont, and we realized that there might be some good cheeses to be found along the way.  Turns out there's even a Vermont Cheese Trail, although many of the dairy farms and cheesemakers were located further north in the state.  

But in addition to sampling cheese at the Vermont Country Store, we managed to visit two dairy farms: Taylor Farm in Londonderry, makers of Gouda cheese and home to some wondrous Beglian draft horses, and Hildene Farm, which is located on the grounds of Hildene, the Vermont summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln.

Mr. Hunter appreciated the name of this brand of cheese: Hunter.

You can sample a big variety of cheese at the Vermont Country Store.

We spotted some Hildene Farm cheese among the many cheeses
at the Vermont Country Store.

Vermont Cheesemakers map.
You can find this map online, too.

On the porch of the Vermont Country Store,
Mr. Hunter climbed onto a tall stack
 of wheels of Cabot cheddar cheese.

Mr. Hunter considers the selection of goat cheeses at Hildene Farm.

A sign across the road from Taylor Farm.

The Vermont Country Store

Taylor Farm

Hildene Farm

Weston, Londonderry, and Manchester, Vermont

September 2012

Vermont Cheese Trail Map from the Vermont Cheese Council - 

http://www.vtcheese.com/cheesetrail.htm

Mr. Hunter Lives His Life with Moxie

Hey, you!  Don't forget to... Live your life with Moxie!

Moxie began not as a soft drink but as a patent medicine called Moxie Nerve Food.  Learn more at the Moxie web site.

Vermont Country Store

Weston, Vermont

September 2012

Drink Moxie official site - http://www.drinkmoxie.com/

Wikipedia article about Moxie soft drink - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie

Shopping at the Vermont Country Store

From the store's front on Main Street, the Vermont Country Store doesn't look like it would contain too much.  But when you step inside, you'll find a series of rooms stretching pretty far back, with sections dedicated to cheese, snacks, household items, Christmas decorations, clothes, kitchen tools, candy, toys, and even one area showcasing a variety of old-fashioned scales.   It's a fun place to browse.  And shop. ... And, of course, a great place to take pictures of Mr. Hunter.

Vermont Country Store

Weston, Vermont

September 2012

Official site for the Vermont Country Store - http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store

Welcome to Nassau

Mr. Hunter looks pretty pleased to have arrived at the Nassau airport, doesn't he?

Lynden Pindling International Airport

New Providence Island, The Bahamas

July 2012

No Pets Please

Mr. Hunter hesitated when he saw the sad "Sorry - No Pets Please" sign posted at Eugene, Oregon's Saturday Market.  But then a sympathetic Terry reassured Mr. H that he didn't qualify as a pet.  Phew!

Saturday Market

Eugene, Oregon

August 1992

Children Must Not Play On These Stairs

Mr. Hunter has this thing where he sees warning signs and immediately feels like breaking the posted rules.  Well, except that since he's not a child, maybe small wooden carvings would be allowed to play on these stairs.

on Millbank, along the Thames River

City of Westminster

London, England

September 2012

Let the Games Begin!

Mr. Hunter loves the Olympics.  

Here he is with some official Olympic rings from the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

Mr. Hunter volunteers to light the cauldron.

It took a bit of work to get Mr. Hunter up onto this sign.

Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park

Rice-Eccles Stadium

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

May 2005

Westminster Abbey

Mr. Hunter and his cohorts stopped at Westminster Abbey but didn't feel like waiting in the super-long queue and paying the £16 entry fee.

The Abbey's clock tower, whose clocks
each have only one hand.

Some of the ten modern martyrs above the Great West Door.
See this BBC article about the unveiling of these statues.

The Royal Coat of Arms on the west facade.

May God grant to the living Grace
To the departed Rest
To the Church & the World Peace and Concord
And to us Sinners Eternal Life

The long line to get into Westminster Abbey.

A bit of color showing through the stained glass windows.

Westminster Abbey

London, England

September 2011

Official site for Westminster Abbey - http://www.westminster-abbey.org/