Ava Marie Handmade Chocolates and Ice Cream

Peterborough, NH - My wife and I took a side trip to Peterborough from the Keene Pumpkin Festival. We saw Ava Marie Chocolates and Ice Cream and decided to have some Ice Cream.


This is the counter for Ice Cream and also chocolate of course.


Finally, an Ice Cream store that is not afraid to give you a good amount of ice cream, this is a regular size...and I all about the volume. If you visit Peterburough, definately stop by for some ice cream or chocolate. Here is there website for more info. Ava Marie


The candy side of the house.


Best Chocolate Turtles in New Hampshire.


This guy must have been eating diet chocolate he looks a bit thin.

Keene Pumpkin Festival - 2011

Keene, NH - My wife and I brought the boys up to Keene New Hampshire today to see the Keene Pumpkin Festival. Well, the boys actually stayed in the car while we went to the festival. (for new readers, the "boys" are my dogs). This is the main tower of jack-o-lanterns which were all lit up by the time we got there, which was about dusk. It seemed to me there were not quite as many pumpkins as last year.


This year they had another tower of jack-o-laterns, maybe this is why I thought there were less pumpkins, spread out more.


A close-up view of tower 2, hey that rhymes, I'm a poet and don't know it.


A cat pumpkin.



Dracula pumpkin


All along Main Street are these racks full of pumpkins.


Pumpkin Head here was walking up the street and people would pose with him.

Porcupine

I was driving down the road and saw this porcupine so I quickly rolled down the window and took some quick photos, not my best but you get the main idea. I have been seeing a lot of Porcupines lately, alive and dead on the road.


He turned around and face me for a few seconds, but...


I believe they put their back to you so you are confronted by a wall of quills. This is OK for most predators but not so good against a car.

Closed for the Winter

I was driving around looking for some autumn photos and I saw this building on a private pond. I really don't know what this building is for but I will pretend it is a boat house full of summer equipment all packed up, hibernating until next spring.

Mostly, I just like the way this building looks.

Dingy of the Coast of Maine

A dingy off the rocky coast of Maine

Pumpkin Heads

Damariscotta, ME - Here are three kids sporting these cute pumpkin hats while watching the races at the pumpkin regatta.

Pumpkin Litter Bug

Damariscotta, ME - A litter bug out in front of Scarborough's Collision Inc.

Lone Pine

A lone pine in the mist.