Posts Tagged ‘Pierre Fournier’

Stick Season Begins

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

We’ve had a wonderful autumn here at the Blue Horse.  It’s been a busy one, and we couldn’t have asked for a nicer group of guests.  Many thanks to everyone who stayed with us during this foliage season – it was truly our pleasure to meet you (or see you again!), and we hope that your travels will bring you back our way.

Today is the first quiet day we’ve had in a long time.  Though I love making armies of gruyere biscuits and towers of cornmeal pancakes, this morning my breakfast preparations were limited to microwaving a bowl of Grape Nuts (delicious with a dab of honey – try it!) and while sorting through the mementos of Snowtober.

Luckily, I was able to take a stroll through Pierre’s gardens last week, little thinking it would be my final snow-free visit.

Though we didn’t don Halloween costumes this year, we were able to have fun with the Snor’s sartorial statements.  Here he is as a jester:

And here he is as Monkey:

And here’s Monkey in a gender-bending ensemble:

Snorri also found a new girlfriend this October.  Her name is Daisy. She’s not so sure about Snorri’s romantical overtures.

But who wouldn’t want kisses from this handsome devil?

We’ve enjoyed our surprise snowfall.

While it’s a smidgen on the early side, I’m pretty much a snow enthusiast until mid-February.  And P.S. – some of the runs on Killington are OPEN!!!

Snow on pumpkins!  Festive!

And, just so I won’t succumb to BHI breakfast withdrawal, here’s a shot of yesterday morning’s dessert breakfast – cardamom french toast with gingered Grand Marnier apples and maple whipped cream.  Enjoy!

Woodstock, lately. (In photographs and declarative sentences.)

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

Fall is almost here.

Pierre’s gardens are lovely and golden.

People are funny.

These eggs are beautiful.

The Woodstock Art Festival was a success.

The views from Mt. Peg are fab.

The nights are getting colder.

Summer, fleeting.

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Another week, another chance to enjoy Pierre’s gardens.

The delphinium and astilbe are in full bloom, and the lilies are soon to follow.

After next week, the inevitable begins.

Everything will start to fade and brown, and summer will laze into fall.  July 4th is always the day I realize how quickly the season has come and started to go; I’ve been so busy getting ready for it that it managed to sneak up on me.

I haven’t started my summer to-do list yet – no lobster, no window-boxes, no fetching new sandals.  Still, there’s a bit of time before I have to unpack the sweaters that I just got back from the dry cleaner.  A few more weeks to enjoy the ebullience of Pierre’s gardens.

The fall will bring a different sort of beauty, I know, but I can’t help but feel a little slighted by the extravagant, evanescent loveliness of summer.

I miss it while it’s still here, and its presence somehow sharpens its impending absence.

It seems silly to have such a maudlin and morose tinge to the pleasure I take in Pierre’s gardens, but that’s part of what makes them so beautiful.  I hope you’re all luxuriating in your summers – reading fluffy books, walking on sand, eating good peaches. As for me, I think I’m off to find some lobster.

Rain in Pierre’s Gardens

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Just a few shots from yesterday’s rainy stroll in Pierre’s gardens.

The roses have just begun to bloom, and the delphinium and astilbe will follow shortly.

You may have noticed several comments on the last post about Pierre that referenced his gardening “outfit.”  If you didn’t see the comments, check them out here.

I toyed with the idea of instituting a similar gardening “uniform” at the Blue Horse, but I’m not nearly as charming or coordinated as Pierre, so I’m afraid the effect would be….. diminished.

That said – Pierre, you’re welcome to garden at the  Blue Horse anytime.

I think our guests and neighbors would be delighted.