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Grant · 01-03-2007, 07:18 PM

I have a number of quirky, minor traditions that've accumulated over time. Too many & too obscure to list, since the Lake has been my only consistent "home" since birth.

But my twin daughters (now 15...how'd that happen?) have a classic, yet weird, tradition they developed on their own: Years ago, they acquired a small, cheap doll of "Burt" (of Sesame Street fame). Each year, before they leave the Lake for the last time, they "stash" Burt in a secure outdoor location -- known only to them. The location varies from year to year.

(See? I told you this was weird...)

Anyway, this has gone on for at least six or seven years, from the time they were 8 or 9 years old. In November of '05, when one of the girls and I were up to check progress on our "new" road, she dug up Burt.

Anyway, here's Burt hanging out on top of the TV in Melvin's Pine View Lodge that weekend (our water was off).

http://www.pbase.com/gfevans/image/52262324

01-03-2007, 07:18 PM	#63
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,500 Thanks: 376 Thanked 230 Times in 124 Posts	I have a number of quirky, minor traditions that've accumulated over time. Too many & too obscure to list, since the Lake has been my only consistent "home" since birth. But my twin daughters (now 15...how'd that happen?) have a classic, yet weird, tradition they developed on their own: Years ago, they acquired a small, cheap doll of "Burt" (of Sesame Street fame). Each year, before they leave the Lake for the last time, they "stash" Burt in a secure outdoor location -- known only to them. The location varies from year to year. (See? I told you this was weird...) Anyway, this has gone on for at least six or seven years, from the time they were 8 or 9 years old. In November of '05, when one of the girls and I were up to check progress on our "new" road, she dug up Burt. Anyway, here's Burt hanging out on top of the TV in Melvin's Pine View Lodge that weekend (our water was off). http://www.pbase.com/gfevans/image/52262324 __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."