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Burning passion
Martin Pastor splits wood before bringing it into his home in Hanover on Thursday. Pastor burns about six cords of wood per winter, using his fireplace and wood stove. Pastor often cooks over the fireplace, saying, “Since I was a Boy Scout, it is something I like to do.” He enjoys cooking venison after having good luck during hunting season.
Time for a change
On her routine walk in the woods near her Cornish home, Luella Demars counts her laps around a ring of pines with sticks on last week. After finishing her house work most mornings, Demars likes to get out of the house for a change of scene
Cat walk
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Jill Horne, of White River Junction, took a walk with her cat, Juniper, 2, through the village on Wednesday.
Blowing the blaze
Will Spain, of South Royalton, uses a leaf blower to encourage a burn pile he and his employer Michael Wood, of West Hartford, are burning on Wednesday. Wood is in his excavator for the permitted job, cleaning up a section of his land along the White River in West Hartford. Wood uses the land in the summer for swimming and family reunions.
Perfecting her pitch
Eva Langhans, 11, right, of Windsor, plays catch with her dad, Mike, outside her grandparents’ Windsor home earlier this month. Mike Langhans coaches Eva’s recreational softball team, and they were preparing for the first practice of the season.
Heads-up work
Amos Daisey, of Orford, cleans a deer skull while making a European skull mount for a customer on March 7. Using deer, boar and bear heads, Daisey boils them for hours, cleans and dries the skulls before brushing their teeth and using a whitener. He said the whole process takes about three days. Daisey’s family farm, Cotton Stone Farm, was started by his grandfather. Today, the family runs a wholesale cut-flower business, a bait shop and a meat-cutting business. “We’re trying to make the farm work,” he said.
Bucket brigade
Speaking out
Sun spot
Stop and park
Pet pals
Mutual aid training
Cloak of protection
Common friends
A new challenge
Family game in Royalton
History lesson
Removal remedies
Play pals
Ready, Willys and able
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