Carolyn Bates

No matter what biz we are in, these apply.  They should be part of our way of working daily, in my book.   The Business Wisdom Of Steve Jobs Orignially Published October 5, 2011 • Brand Maker News “You have to trust in something, your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart– even … [Read more...]

Sometimes one just takes a day off to play. It rained today, all day. For a few moments the sun tried to be seen. My great photographer friend Peter Larsen and I hung around the new glorious Champlain Bridge, In Addison Country, Vermont. I tweaked RAW really hard, in photoshop CS5 later, just to see what it could do to completely ruin my favorite image.  To my surprise, I actually found … [Read more...]

Ben brought over his new profoto beauty dish and posed for his portrait. This is straight out of the camera. No photoshop. Absolutely wonderfully stupendously fabulous. Ben is now studying with Greg Heisler at the Hallmark School of Photography.   … [Read more...]

Check out this sneak preview of Andrea's house which will be published this spring in Vermont Magazine. … [Read more...]

Attention All Dogs: Make sure you are prepared Watch out for porcupines running across all dog parks.Look around...skunks have been spotted on Caroline Street lawns.Check to see if the mud is deep in the dog parkCheck the weather for sleet. It will make walking hazardous for your feet Today, every kind of winter weather could occur. Rain, Ice, Sleet, Hail, Snow.  Best to stay INside. Make … [Read more...]

New $800,000 study provides path to reducing lake pollution Written by Candace Page, Burlington Free Press Changing farm practices on that high-risk 20 percent of land would produce a two to three times greater reduction in phosphorus than making similar changes on fields chosen at random, the study found. The three-year study collected data and used computer models to identify the areas of … [Read more...]

THE LADY and THE COWBOY, from Payne Springs, and PuyallupDo you know their stage and real names? … [Read more...]

Great news from Stephen Huneck Gallery! They have an Apple App called Stephen Huneck PuzzleSpace Lite! Stephen Huneck Puzzle space is a cool interactive puzzle for kids and adults. Its a fun way to interact and reconstruct Stephen's cover art for his New York Time's Best Selling series of books for children that are still available in print. If you like it, share it!  To be sure your … [Read more...]

 Historic Image of Wilmington (left); Image by Carolyn Bates 2011 (right) The town was founded around 1751 and was located at the top of Lisle Hill.  The fathers of the town later chose to locate down the hill by the river, casually referred to as “Mill Hollow”. There seems to be a big discrepancy whether the town was chartered in 1751 because a subsequent charter was granted in … [Read more...]

Tara Jean Smith Jan. 31, 1976 - Feb 1, 2012 Tara J Smith Iv user, age 36, dying of heart failure Please spread the word. Tara wants to prevent others from her fate Will be 36 Jan 31, 2012. She has 1-10% chance of living more than a month. Infection ravages her heart muscle and abscesses are between her two valves, and around her aorta valve. Because of the weaken muscle around the aorta … [Read more...]

This year I bought Ms. Sally a MeteorLight for Christmas. This toy is great and as you can see, she loves it. A little about the Meteorlight Whether your schedule prevents you from exercising your canine buddy during the day, or you just prefer carousing with him or her at night, our tennis ball-sized Meteorlight K-9 LED Ball is the perfect exercise toy. Push the button, the LED light begins its … [Read more...]

Custom Reproduction 18th and 19th Century Vermont Homes Montpelier, Vermont 05602Phone: 802.224.0300 or 800.639.1796 (Toll-Free)Email: liz@lizpritchettassociates.comWebsite: VermontVernacularDesigns.com     Vermont Vernacular Designs has some special qualities we hope you'll consider as you choose a designer/builder for your project. Clients call us "knowledgeable," "responsive", and … [Read more...]

Keene Valley, NYWebiste: www.luderowskiarchitect.com   Nils Luderowski is best defined as specializing in residential architecture and design in an Adirondack vernacular. His full-service studio offers traditional architectural services including site planning, interior design, furniture design and custom artisan work. His work can be found dotting the many lakes, rivers and mountains … [Read more...]

I LOVE this book on Cleveland. The author, Jennie Jones, shows off many of the beautiful buildings were in the city. I must admit, I had no idea that there were so many of them. I usually drove through it at night in the 1960's and got very lost on my way back home from Skidmore... Cleveland: Inside Outside: A Personal Photographic Journey (1981 – 2011)by Jennie Jones, a Celebrated Photographer … [Read more...]

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