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Downtown Antrim Fire

I woke up and put the tv on this morning to hear “fire in Antrim”.

I live in a very small town and one of the larger buildings along Main Street was destroyed by fire overnight. The broadcast was coming live from Main Street and when I first saw the building I thought it was the Inn.

The building that burned is the yellow one on the left in my photo (taken in May 2009) below. Story Here.

Main Street Antrim, NH — Main Street, Antrim, NH

This view is pretty much all of our Main Street and now one of the larger buildings is gone. I am heading down to the little store this afternoon and will see about getting some photos.

The building housed a hair salon, bakery and an apartment I think.

burned building in Antrim, NH — Burned building, downtown Antrim, NH 2010

The picture below is from Wikipedia and is a c.1915 postcard.
I am not sure if the building on the left is the same one…?

Main_Street_in_Antrim%2C_NH — Antrim Main Street, c. 1915

Nature’s Fluffy Seed Pods

Fall passes all too soon. Not that I dislike winter, but getting out and walking is a bit more difficult. I try to be outside every day in Fall.
Just up the street is a hill with a field full of interesting growth all year. White Daisies covered the roadside in summer and tall weeds like this one came along in Fall.
It’s an animal crossing area and I saw moose tracks in the snow this winter. Quite awesome. I’ve never seen a moose, just tracks a few times in mud and snow.

Ice Fishing With Kids

Ice fishing huts, called “bob houses” on New Hampshire’s Gregg Lake. Someone told me they get their name from the way they bob up and down in the water if left out when the ice gives way.

kids ice fishing on the lake — Ice fishing field trip

This was the coldest field trip I have even participated in. The wind whipped across the lake and the temp. was in the single digits – not including the wind chill.

Winter Trees

If I were poetic I would add a great poem here, but I’m not, so I hope you enjoy the photo.

I don’t know what kind of tree this is, but it had little dangly things hanging all over (like that description?) and the snow on it’s branches was so awesome looking. This photo is one of my favorites from my walk.