Travel: Vermont

I think all artists work in spurts of creativity.  Periods in which the art flows more freely and successful outcomes seem to come more easily.  It’s like a manic/depressive roller coaster ride when periods of little activity and success following these more successful creative periods.

I can look back to a few summers ago when I was spending a lot of time down in Connecticut helping my parents move out of their summer home to prepare for a permanent move to Florida.  The time was spend cleaning, packing, taking trips to Goodwill, painting, raking etc with moments of intense exploration and photography during breaks and the trips back and forth from New Hampshire to CT.

I explored the Connecticut River Valley region around my parents house with new intensity as I might never get back to that region any time soon plus I explored towns along I91 as I traveled back and forth without the family.

Another recent period of intense creative activity occurred with a few half days in the Stowe, Vermont area.  My wife had a conference to attend and I went along, spending an afternoon and morning exploring the area.   I probably only had six hours total but I made the most of them and came back with a lot of great images.

Hunting around the Wolcott, Morrisville, Stowe, Waterbury and Hardwich areas of Vermont, always on the look out for vintage tractors for my ongoing series on old farm equipment, I found a bunch of great spots and tractors even though it was raining half the time.

The foliage was past peak, but in a few short hours I was able to capture some handsome cows, old barns, vintage farm trucks, several antique tractors, old abandoned houses, historic wooden covered bridge train trestles, pumpkin farms, old chicken coops as well as some cool old relics from the past. This is what I call a high target area – plenty of cool stuff to photograph.