Hawthorne Hill

Waking up at 6.00am today I thought to myself, it’s too early to get up, I’ll just shut my eyes for a while longer. Next time I opened my eyes it was 9.00am. Dave slept all night from about 9.30pm and I got to sleep about 11.30pm after writing the blog and posting photos. I think it was what we both needed as ‘touch wood’ we haven’t suffered any major jet lag like when we were here in 2019.

When I had my shower this morning, I looked out the window to some amazing snow ❄️ on the ground. Though it hasn’t snowed for many days here, it has been cold enough to keep the snow on the ground, making everything look beautiful and magical. As it was dark when we got here last night, I didn't realise there was so much snow on the ground, so was a lovely surprise to wake up to.

We headed out of the house about 10.30am collecting Cathy’s friend Judy along the way. We shopped at Trader Joe’s, Wholefoods and Hannaford which are all grocery stores. Both Dave and I find it interesting all the different grocery lines here in the States.

After dropping Judy home, we went to Panera Bread for lunch, which never disappoints. Dave had a sandwich and a smoothie and I had a delicious Smokey chicken salad. We then had a trip to Walmart where Tommy was spoilt again with Polo Ralph Lauren t-shirt and hoodie. I got myself a selfie stick, a battery bank for my phone as it isn’t lasting a day before going flat and the ‘Spare’ book by Prince Harry. Dave looked at many things but didn’t get anything. By this time it was about 3.30pm so we headed home and had a restful afternoon relaxing, reading and talking.

New York pizza for dinner which again never disappoints.

Tomorrow if weather is kind, we are heading to one of our favourite places, Weston in Vermont.Read more