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One of the first signs of summer: soft ice cream is now being served
Today, the Country Store fired up its machine for what might be an annual giveaway: Mother’s Day. This sign was at the take-out window.
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For more than a decade, Vermont has had the nation’s lowest birth rate
The actual number of children born in the Green Mountain State is smaller today than before the Civil War, when Vermont had fewer than half as many residents it does now.
Vermont wasn’t always a poster child for the baby bust. In 1960, near the tail end of the baby boom, Vermont’s birth rate was slightly above the national average, at 126 per 1,000 women of childbearing age.
Over the next few decades, births in Vermont tracked national trends, generally declining as more women entered the workforce. Then, in the mid-1990s, Vermont’s births dropped precipitously to well below national rates.
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Look how fancy we are!
Brian’s niece Amy gave us these for Christmas; one side says Lyme, and the other says Louisville.
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It’s now looking and feeling like fall
The low this morning was 52 degrees vs. 64 in Louisville.
This tree was across the street from the Lyme Congregational Church. 
Take your pick. 
A sign on the Common. 
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Fred and Kathy Peterson hosted an end-of-season block party this afternoon
The weather was great, and so was the turnout: around 40.
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Strolling around the lovely Dartmouth campus
Historic Dartmouth Hall; the visitor booth; beautiful flowers outside Pine restaurant, and a plaque for Hanover’s spot on the Appalachian Trail.
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Autumn colors, here we come
New Hampshire’s Official Fall Foliage Leaf-Peeper Forecaster™ says colors historically crest in this area Oct. 5-15. We’re already seeing signs here in our village. This photo and the one after were taken on the Common.
This one, of course, is the view south from the back of the house:
Lyme Local 
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