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Covered Bridges in Vermont

February 27, 2013 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Vermont has more covered bridges per square mile than any other state in the United States. An official covered bridge is not determined by age, but the method on how it is built, by trusses and a covered slanted roof. I have always had a fascination with covered bridges and although I had grown up in Connecticut I had never walked across one this piece of Americana.

Middle Bride in Woodstock, VT
Covered bridge in Woodstock Vermont

Last week I crossed this off my bucket list when I visited Woodstock Vermont and walked across Middle Bridge. I had another surprise as we took the scenic route down Rte 106 and found this picturesque bridge over a small creek.

Covered Bridge south of Woodstock Vermont
Covered Bridge south of Woodstock Vermont

The most famous bridges are those of Madison County in Iowa, so I really didn’t need to travel far from Nebraska to find covered bridges, but there is something special, romantic, and mystical about covered bridges in Vermont.

Facts About Covered Bridges

  1. First covered bridge was built in 1808 over the Mohawk river in New York
  2. Vermont contains 100 authentic covered bridges
  3. At one time the United States has over 10,000 covered bridges, 750 remain today
  4. Covered bridges are painted red because iron ochre was an inexpensive pigment.
  5. Bridges were covered to prevent the wood dry and prevent rot (not to keep horses from spooking over the water)
  6. Town Lattice is the most popular style of covered bridge
  7. There are only 8 railroad covered bridges in the United States, only 2 still function during tourist events.
  8. Only six covered bridges still carry two way traffic all the rest are one way only.
  9. Covered bridges can be found in 30 states in the United States
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Filed Under: Travel Adventures Tagged With: architecture, Bridge, country, Covered bridge, history, nature, new england, Photography, rural, snow, transportation, travel, Vacation, Vermont, water, winter

Silent Sunday #22

February 10, 2013 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Sunset in Nebraska
Sunset in Nebraska

Silent Sunday

Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: country, field, Nebraska, Photography, silloutte, sky, sun, sunset

Silent Sunday 19

January 20, 2013 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Country Church in Winter

Silent Sunday Returns

Silent Sunday

Filed Under: Photography, Small Town Living Tagged With: Christian, church, cold, country, lutheran, midwest, Nebraska, Photography, rural, Silent Sunday, snow, winter

Silent Sunday #18

December 9, 2012 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Christmas Decorations in a Small town

Silent Sunday

Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: christmas, country, decorations, elmwood, fence, Holidays, lights, Nebraska, night photography, Photography, xmas

Halloween Night, Nebraska Style including a 800 lb Pumpkin

October 29, 2012 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Halloween is the second most decorated holiday in the United States, obviously after Christmas and in some neighborhoods it’s almost like a giant fun house and haunted house all rolled into one.

Here is rural America you can find giant pumpkins and jack o’lanterns weighing 800 lbs or more. How is this Possible? With a little creativity. Welcome to the Midwestern version of a Jack O’Lantern, country style. A little spray paint and cut out stencils for the face and you have a round bale jack-o-lantern made from hay. It’s going to take a little longer for him to rot and I would try to light a candle inside him either.

Round Bale Pumpkin
Round Bale Pumpkin

I’m not one to decorate for Halloween, except a few carved pumpkins on the porch, but I do appreciate those that do go all out for All Hallows Eve. Some houses are just genius in the making with scary motion triggered decorations, ghouls, and soundtracks.

If you’re going to stay within the Jack O’Lantern theme then maybe these Halloween decorations will fit your holiday spirit.

GIANT PUMPKIN DECORATION 300cm8.9 Ft Tall Large Fire & Ice Lighted Jack O Lantern Pumpkin Man Airblown Inflatable Halloween Creepy Scary Decor Haunted House Prop Outdoor Yard Decoration7ft Tall Spooky Wacky Funny Stack Jack O Lantern Pumpkin Airblown Inflatable Halloween Creepy Decor Haunted House Prop Outdoor Yard DecorationAirblown Inflatable Colossal Pumpkin Reaper 12′ Halloween Yard Decoration

If scary is more your speed than think about setting up a haunted lawn complete with motion detection ghouls and bats in the trees. Rent a fog machine for Halloween night and place tombstones in the yard.

Prextex Giant 30 inch Flying Motion Detection BatBeistle Doomed Groom and Buried Bride Props, 33-1/2-Inch by 5-Feet 3-InchSerial Killer Tombstones – Halloween Yard Decoration – Set/6, 21.3Reaper Animatronic Snapping Sam Candy Treats Bowl Halloween Haunted House Decor Motion Activated Moving Head Creepy Glowing Red Eyes Scary Sayings & Talking Words

As a kid I loved, and hated getting scared while Trick or Treating. I still remember the house where a gorilla greeted us at the door. I must of been about five years old and wouldn’t walk up the steps, but it’s my favorite memory of Halloween.

Fun Costumes For Door Greeting

Can you imagine the response of kids if you answered the door in a Star Wars or Avengers costume? Oh yeah, Iron Man is in the house. I bet you would get a record number of trick or treaters and maybe even run out of candy. But, I bet no one would care and you would be the talk of the neighborhood.

Gorilla Suit With ChestDarth Vader Deluxe CostumeIron Man Dlx Adult CostumeThor Avengers Movie Theatrical CostumeHulk Avengers Classic Muscle CostumeCaptain America Avengers Movie Theatrical Costume

 

Decorating for Halloween

Start Decorating For Halloween In Early August Thanks To Dollar Tree

It’s the beginning of August, but maybe you like to plan ahead. You’ve already started to stock up on pumpkin spice snacks, and you even picked out your kid’s costume at Costco back in July. The logical next step? It’s time to start shopping for orange …

Decorating for Halloween, indoors and out

Halloween enthusiasts Les Monroe (back) and Shawn Lewis enjoy dressing up their home inside and out with vintage and unique Halloween decor. Their outdoor display, seen Oct. 27, includes a cauldron made of a flowerpot, landscape fabric and rescued …

Saint Clair woman enjoys decorating for Halloween

The Pottsville native started decorating for Halloween in 1990 when she moved to Newport News, Va. Neighbors there didn’t decorate for the holiday, so, with help of her son, Frederick, Maley started what would become an annual event – decorating the …

Pirate ship sails in American Canyon for Halloween

AMERICAN CANYON — When it comes to decorating for Halloween, Kevin McCard of American Canyon goes all out. He has a graveyard with headstones and zombies, and a garage transformed into a veritable house of horrors. But what really distinguishes …

Decorating For Halloween In Style – BuildDirect

Decorating For Halloween In Style. Written by Rob Jones. When we think Halloween decorations, generally what springs to mind for many is plastic wall hangings, lurid novelty lighting, cotton-batten spider webs, and maybe …

Decorating for Halloween, Naturally | RecycleNation

When doing your Halloween decorating this year, think natural. Instead of creepy plastic pumpkins and menacing polystyrene grave markers, decorate for fall holidays with natural materials like pumpkins, dried corn, gourds, …

Easy (and Inexpensive) Decorating for Halloween …

Halloween is the second most decorated holiday in America (after Christmas), but sometimes the cost of creating the scariest house on the block can just get to be too much. If you’d like your house to be the one the kids are talking about the …

 

Filed Under: Small Town Living Tagged With: carving, country, decorating for halloween, farming, halloween, hay, Holidays, Jack O'Lantern, midwest, Nebraska, pumpkin, rural, small town

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