532 Community Library, Kingston, New Hampshire

On a beautiful day in mid-October, I headed out on two missions: to buy a climbing tree for the cats and to visit a library. Success for the cat tree, not so much for the library. But there was a compensation. Read on [And excuse the formatting, apparently blogspot is exerting itself again and I can't find a way bend it to my will.]

The library was to be a stop on the way home with the new pieces for the cats. I had carefully checked the hours that it would be open, but, oops I changed the day of the week for my travels and did not re-check the open hours. So, I got to the library and discovered that it was closed. My error. As I've done in the past, I decided to do what I could from the exterior. First, the handsome entryway, where I discovered the open hours.Me, standing outside capturing my own reflection...

...and finally walking out front to capture the library sign.

After taking note of the neat way the book drops are integrated into the entryway, and leaving a "Sorry I missed you" card about the blog, I headed back to my car. At this point, a sign caught my eye.

A nature walk is behind the library. I'd been driving quite a bit and I was ready for some exercise, so I headed for the starting point. Here I learned that the trail was the work of a Girl Scout troop!

I was impressed by the documentation of the trail, and also by the approach to making it covid-19 safe. For example, at the bottom of this display there are four numbered tags; each person or group can take a tag, which will limit the number of people on the trail at one time. Also, there are a couple of papers with challenges, and an envelope of pencils, which you are encouraged to keep, rather than trying to clean them between uses.

I decided to take a little walk.

In addition to nature, fitness is encouraged by a series of signs like this. [These are similar to the fairytale exercise walk in Moultonboro.]Another set of posters is provided by the power company, I believe, and features the bright yellow "Sasquatch" with tips for saving energy.

Someone has been trying out some lashing skills to make the framework of a shelter! That's not something you see every day!

Sasquatch says good-bye.

I'll end with a couple of cat pictures because...why not? Here's Jerry checking out the new short scratching post.

Frankie figures out how to reach the top level of the "tree..."

...and decides that being five feet up in the air is just fine, thank you!

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