Green Mountain Meandering Missives

Screenshot (via Montpelier Police Department [MPD] Facebook page). My apologies, although I had meant to blog a retrospective post sooner than this in order to provide a final report and update concerning roaming Santa's Christmas Eve Day activities and observations, etc., I had ended up with a rather acute case of exhaustion that significantly sidelined me for a time. It has taken me a while to recover and, relatively speaking, begin to feel more rested. Had gotten a somewhat late start on Christmas Eve Day (Sunday, December 24th) and was not able to get out and about until roughly an hour and a half or so after noontime, doing brief visits at certain downtown shops and stores here and there as well as warming up over a cup of coffee at the cafe across from City Hall for a time. Afterwards, roaming Santa posed with two MPD police officers for a selfie that was later posted to the department's Facebook page. Interspersed, roaming Santa also did various greet and waves at the us...

* Updated * (view update below) First photo taken by a neighbor last weekend. Due to getting a somewhat late start, it was not possible to do the tentatively planned greet and wave at the intersection of State and Main Streets on Thursday morning (December 21st).   Instead, Santa boarded the Green Mountain Transit City mid-day commuter bus for various stops along Route 302 in Berlin, including having breakfast at a roadside restaurant located on the border with Montpelier. The reception received at the restaurant was great as it was at the shelter for those living unhoused located down the road and also at a nearby pharmacy across the road where Santa went shopping for a personal item.  Then, while waiting for the bus back to Montpelier on his way home, he did a few different greet and waves at various locations alongside the road as well.  Once home, he took a break for a little bit before heading out again, doing a brief greet and wave at the intersection of Main and St...

As had been initially planned, Santa went roaming on the streets of Montpelier, going to several different locations across downtown, beginning late yesterday morning and throughout much of the afternoon (Tuesday, December 19th). Location site visits included an office, the local food pantry and the community meal site as well as some businesses, eateries, banks, stores and the like. Later on, there was a greet and wave held at the intersection of Main and State Streets for those passing by either in vehicles and bicycles or on foot for a time. The reception received by those interacted with was quite encouraging and oftentimes festive as well as spirited. Several photos of or with Santa were taken. In case you missed it, fyi: Photos posted on Instagram: Montpelier Guy’s Farm and Yard, here ; Montpelier Alive, here ; Photo: Santa Shopping (via Times Argus ), here . This morning (Wednesday, December 20th), the tentative plan is to get an early start and go across town for a light breakf...