Cookie Monster at the Sunup Bakery on the Killington Road.

Cookie Monster at the Sunup Bakery on the Killington Road.

All around Killington, hay sculptures are being set up to pay homage to Vermont agriculture and the arrival of fall. The Killington Hay Festival, a product of the Killington Economic Development and Tourism Commission, is underway.

Around Killington, and up and down Route 4, there are 34 hay sculptures set up. Animals of all kinds, as well as characters of whimsy, are being created with some imagination out of bales of hay. A guide map to all of the sculptures and clues for the Hay Festival Scavenger Hunt are available at the office of the Killington Chamber of Commerce on Route 4.

If you visit Killington in the next few weeks, get your camera out and get your picture taken with your favorite hay sculpture. Life can be so simple some times.