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Welcome to the Last Day of November 2020 It's Like an FREE All-You-Can-Eat Buffet It's the perfect time for some backyard bird watching. How many species can you identify?  We've been visited by so many downy woodpeckers. Some of these photos have been added to The Vermont Atlas of Life .   Things to Do In and Around Weathersfield (Safely and Online) Holiday Music Festival Dec. 4-15 Celebrate the holidays with music! Upper Valley Music Center is celebrating the holidays online this year. Holiday Music Festival events are free and open to everyone. For the full detailed event schedule, click here . Events Include: Songs of the Season Caroling Messiah Sing Preparing to Hear Masterworks: Handel's Messiah 'Tis the Session You will receive Zoom login instructions after you submit the online form. If you want to RSVP for Pocket Song Singers (Dec 6, 8, 13, and/or 15) please click here . To RSVP for the UMASS Chamber Music Listening Party, click here. Their Holiday Student ...

As a special gift to Vermonters this holiday season, Northern Stage has partnered with Vermont Public Radio to present a free one-time-only broadcast of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play on Saturday, December 12, at 3 p.m.  This beloved American classic comes to life as a radio broadcast starring an ensemble cast of Northern Stage favorites as “Radio Actors” playing multiple roles (sound effects included).  It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play is also available to stream on demand (audio only) December 8-January 3 as part of Northern Stage’s 2020/21 Season.  For tickets and information, call (802) 296-7000 or visit northernstage.org.  Tickets are $15 for individuals and $25 for families and household listening. Based on the 1946 film starring Jimmy Stewart, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play is adapted by Joe Landry, with special permission for adaptation for Northern Stage audiences, and recorded at the Barrette Center for the Arts in downtown White River Junct...

I'm missing the ocean and traveling. You? This day last year we were in Spain. One of our days there we traveled from  Benalmádena, Málaga to Gibraltar . Our first stop was for  photos at the Europa Point Lighthouse, also known as the Trinity Lighthouse at Europa Point and the Victoria Tower. Next we drove through some of the many tunnels carved out of The Rock over the years arriving at  St. Michael's Caves  after some pretty narrow, twisty turning roads. More photos of our adventure:  https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Spain-2019/Gibraltar/   Read more on my travel blog:  https://photosbynanci.blogspot.com/2019/12/gibraltar-yes-that-gibraltar.html Hopefully, we'll be able to travel next fall. Iceland is on my list of next great adventures. Meanwhile Happy Thanksgiving. It will look different from years past but be creative and we'll make it work! By the way, what's your favorite food served at this annual harvest dinner? Without a doubt-STUFFING is mi...