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Four deer burst out of the brush right in front of us and ran across the road. A matter of seconds saved us and them from the kind of disaster that happens all too often.
The sight of any roadkill is sad but it is particularly poignant when it’s a fawn.
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That day, Grant abruptly decided to go to Bennington instead of Greenwich, suddenly re-routing, which got us stuck waiting for road works, not once but twice.
There’s a big project going on in Cambridge that has been holding up traffic for months, replacing a bridge I hadn’t known existed. Admittedly, I know nothing about engineering, but it does seem to me that the job has been inordinately time-consuming.
The fact that when we come upon such sites and witness the workers standing around far more often than actually doing anything perhaps contributes to that notion.
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In Bennington another major project has been underway for a long time.
The house in this photo used to have neighbours on either side. Now it lives on its own little traffic island, surrounded closely on all sides by roads. Did the owner perhaps refuse to sell? The house doesn’t seem occupied, so it’s a curiosity.
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Coming back we took an alternate route which led into a part of Hoosick we don’t usually see.
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Though I believe I’ve posted pictures of these Adirondack chairs before. This year the colours are far more muted. As I recall, last summer they were mostly bright red and yellow.
A commentary on the times? Actually, I prefer this year’s selection.
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We came upon this store rather suddenly, so I failed to get a decent photo. It’s quite mad, with a selection of animals perched on the roof and in the back of ancient pickup trucks.
They sell all manner of eclectic stuff much of which used to be imported. We didn’t go inside this day, so I don’t know how they are faring these days. I can’t imagine it is a good time for small businesses.
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We are still rejoicing over clear skies.
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A faint yellowing was appearing in the countryside, amazingly green despite the shortage of precipitation.
A part of Hoosick we don’t usually drive through.
And there’s two of those road workers I mentioned.
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Re-joining route 22, we got excited at the sight of building clouds.
Perhaps we’d finally get the rain we were promised?
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Wouldn’t you think?
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It was very entertaining.
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But ultimately unproductive.
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We turned onto Owl Kill road.
Owls are quite safe. Kill means stream or creek.
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Down beyond the railroad track, a bridge crosses the Owl Kill where two more road workers sat on the railing having a gossip.
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A stiff breeze lifted the leaves of a row of trees that PlantNet identifies as Silver poplar, which certainly seems accurate considering the way they shimmered so prettily.
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The parade of clouds continued through the afternoon depositing precisely nothing.
But we did get about 12 minutes of rain yesterday!
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Some strange things going on there. A shop with assorted animals around and on the roof. the strange ‘chair house’ with a surfeit of solar panels, and the lonely unoccupied house by the roadworks that I would definitely not want to live in. Seems that area is considerably ‘quirky’, Carolyn.
Best wishes, Pete.
We had a bit more than 12 minutes of rain today. It was very welcome, but was nowhere near enough!
Your deer across the road reminds me of our kangaroos, which sadly are hit and become roadkill. They can wipe out a car!
Hoosick looks like a sleepy town.
As you know, I love road trips. But if there is one thing that annoys me, it’s road works when we’re on the move (especially when there are 7 workers standing around while only 1 is working) 🙈. I can’t believe those dark clouds didn’t bring a heavy downpour … but oh well, even though it didn’t rain, at least you had the opportunity to take beautiful pictures.