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 The leaves are down but the snow isn't. That is pretty much the story for November. We tend to take some time off this month and get ready for winter. The appearance of the Inn changes as we put up the winter shutters in the front . Since the snow often drifts up to the roof line, those shutters make it possible to open the front door Meanwhile, Mount Snow has started making snow and building a base. You can see patches of white up on the mountain when you look out the windows on the west side of the Inn. Mother nature has started chipping in with flurries and the animals have mostly gone to ground. We hope the winter is as wet as the summer was and as relatively cold. The wet and cool weather last summer pretty much wiped out our vegetables but the perennial flowers loved it and the late summer weddings were spectacular! We have added some new peonies to the New Border and a new reblooming Iris bed in the ceremony area so I can't wait for next spring to see how they do. We have about 50 peonies and that will give us a nice display for weddings in late June and early July. The Daylilly Garden is finally big enough to make a pretty display for July and August and the Sweet Peas will do their usual job in the Wedding Garden behind the new Iris bed. We had some nice weddings in August this year and have managed to source almost everything locally including pasture raised grass fed beef. from the Brattleboro Coop. It does make a difference . All of our groups are back for which we are very grateful. Many of our groups are spiritually oriented and Cooper Hill is a marvelous place at sunrise or moonrise. The Sun is moving south and now comes up to the right of Mount Monadnock. It was a good year for the trout and for the golf courses as well as swimming it the West River. Ray Klass' photography workshop was here again in October, Klass Photo and they will be back in 2010. Flamingo Yoga will be here in April and next fall. Mount Snow continues to improve the facilities and definetely has the best snow making in the country. Add to that a whole mountain face of Terrain Parks and another visit by the Dew Tour and it becomes the place for snowboarding this winter. Wildlife update: As I mentioned, most of the critters have turned in for the year. We did have a cow moose around a week ago. I was driving up the hill and I remember thinking, "Man, that's a tall horse!" Be careful on the roads and have a great Thanksgiving!
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