Daffodils of Spring
May 7, 2006

Daffodils of Spring
May 7, 2006

Thus far, it has been a beautiful spring at Killington.

For the first time in years, Mary has gotten to enjoy her daffodils. Usually this time of year, the daffodils are fighting with the last snow banks for access to the sun. By the time they come out, we are usually away on our spring vacation. But this year, the growing season at Killington seems to be at least 2 to 3 weeks ahead of schedule. The daffodils are up, tulips and other bulbs are awakening, and leaves are already coming out on the trees....something we usually don't see till the end of May.

Since we closed the inn for the winter, our life at Killington has been fairly quiet. We have been focusing on the usual spring maintenance tasks. Because of the good weather, we have done almost all of our outside prep work for the summer, something that is usually not done till the middle of June. Mary has undertaken a project to refinish the slate floor in the restaurant. She has been stripping off the old sealer from the slate for about 10 days or so. She does a little patch each day before heading outside. We have gotten some new air conditioning units for several of the guest rooms which will get installed next week. And we are just getting ready to re-carpet the Great Room.

For those of you scanning the internet, I have been busy redesigning our inn's web site: birchridge.com. Keeping websites up to date seems like a never ending job. Cosmetically, the changes I have made to the site are fairly subtle. But I have completely recoded the site's underlying architecture to simplify site maintenance while allowing it to be more dynamic. I have now started the process to re-optimize the site for search engines, which will take a few more weeks.

Of course, we have been out playing a few rounds of golf. And last night, we went to a great 'Kentucky Derby Party" at the house of a friend in North Sherburne. So it hasn't been all work and no play.

Our Inn will reopen for lodging on Wednesday May 24th. We currently plan on opening the restaurant to the public on Friday June 23nd. Of course, it is available for functions before then. Catch you later!