Banksy is in NY!

I am sure everyone has heard of Banksy the English Street artist......well he has opened a pet shop in NY city....there have even been people going in to the pet shop to buy pet toys!

Click here to read more about it!

- Stella Abraham, REALTOR

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT 05401

Overseas Wives Club

As many of you know, I am a member of an Overseas Wives Club. It is a club that meets once a month. We meet for a couple of hours and have tea and biscuits. There are about 16 members and the majority of the ladies have been members of the club since the 1950's. Most of the women are British and came to VT after the war having married men in the Service. They have been friends for a long time and this little group keeps them in touch with each other and helps them to not feel too home sick.

The ladies are all very sweet and most are over 55 - it is like having 16 grandmas!

Last night was a meeting at my good friend Victoria's house. There was a really good turn out with 14 women attending. We had a tipple of wine - very unusual as it is normally tea and biscuits!

We also had a silent auction last night to raise some money for charity and we managed to raise $154 so that was a pretty good showing.

We then all had alot of chocolate cake, some biscuits and of course tea!

I have taken on the duty of finding a location for the annual Christmas banquet this year so I shall be busy this month trying to find somewhere locally that will host our dinner. Last year we ate at the Vermont National. It seems a lot of the women are a little concerned that with the current financial situation that there will not be anywhere prepared to host a dinner on a Wednesday evening for 30 people. If anyone knows of anywhere then let me know!

Also if anyone knows of any older ladies who are not from here who are in need of a little companionship then let me know. We would love to have some new members!



- Stella Abraham, REALTOR

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT 05401

Wow – what a week we are having!

Wow – what a week we are having! I know that lots of us don’t want to listen to the radio at all……even opting to listen to “Musical High School”

If you would like to hear the news in a different accent and maybe even a different take on things then click here and listen to the BBC…..the accent might sound familiar!!

BBC iPlayer

- Stella Abraham, REALTOR

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT 05401

A superb blog that I stumbled across!

I have been following this blog for the past few weeks. I absolutely love it’s intention, taste and style. I know that for some of you, the style is a little modern but it has definitely got a theme that we all must appreciate and that is the fact that they are trying to be as green as can be!

Take a quick look!

http://www.greenhousevt.blogspot.com/

- Stella Abraham, REALTOR

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT 05401

21st Annual Art Exhibition & Sale at the Shelburne Farms

I went to an opening of the 21st Annual Art Exhibition & Sale at the Shelburne Farms www.shelburnefarms.org It was a perfect Vermont September evening, the weather was perfect, the art was interesting and as always the food was delicious.

I particularly liked work of the artist & environmentalist Clyde Butcher www.clydebutcher.com He had some amazing photos. There were some absolutely stunning photos of Yosemite and it did make me miss California.

I ate dinner at the Inn a few months back and knew that the food would be fantastic. The cheese was to die for. I really enjoy cheese that has some flavour! There was ham that was addictive! They even had sausage rolls (pigs in blankets to the locals!) Here is a recipe that I use but they will never be as yummy as the ones that Shelburne Farms made! (Click on it to enlarge)


We are having a bout of beautiful weather here in Vermont and I am really looking forward to the change in leaves. It really is a pretty time. I have recently found this website which has some great photos, www.vtweb.com/foliage/guestphoto.html

- Stella Abraham, REALTOR

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT 05401