On the drive from Manchester, New Hampshire to Smuggler's Notch, Vermont, is an interesting rest stop.  It's a beautiful facility, has free Green Mountain coffee, and has a green house.  It's not really a green house, but rather a "Living Machine."  It's a system on tanks containing plants and other organisms to naturally clean wastewater.  Bet you didn't see that sentence coming :-)

I wandered in while everyone else was taking a bathroom break and saw these beautiful purple flowers.  I love that you can see all the snow outside the greenhouse.



We're spending the week at one of my favorite places on earth - Smuggler's Notch.  They got about 11 inches of snow a couple days ago and the skiing conditions are fabulous :-)


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8 Comments

  1. I'm sure the trip is amazing! There's no quiet calm for the Aulds!!

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  2. The wonders of double-glazing! What a stunning flower :)

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  3. We're almost neighbors...I'm in Groton just near MA border to NH! I am going to have to check out this rest stop. I think it's a perfect photo for this week's prompt!

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  4. Looks like a passion flower and appears to be thriving on the wastewater. Great idea.

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  5. The flower is beautiful - I've never seen one in pink before, mine is cream but it survives outdoors in the UK so it must me tougher than the pink one! Looks like a wonderful place to take a break - nice to see someone actually enjoying the snow!

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  6. What a gorgeous flower in the middle of winter! Sounds like an interesting rest stop.

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  7. I'm fascinated by the name "Smugglers Notch" and by the stunning purple flower in the midst of snow! Great post, great piccies.

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  8. That is one terrifically gorgeous bloom! Enjoy the day. Erin

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