Vermont has had one wet summer. It has made haying near impossible, and our loggers our suffering from both the weather and the economy. On the homefront, our garden is sluggish and stunted.

We had hoped to have our free engagement photographs taken at Kent Pond, as I blogged back in May. We'd set up a weekend with Christa and her second-shooter, Ashley, to meet us at Kent Pond... and then it would pour. And pour. Our photographers cannot ruin their equipment, and a marshy bog of a park isn't exactly the most romantic spot.

Finally, after canceling several times, we decided to have our photographs taken at the Tip Top Building here in White River Junction. Chris and I both work inside the Tip Top Building, and the space has been converted from a much-loved bakery into an artist community space.

The Tip Top houses several print studios, a community television station, an eco-aware publishing company, my pottery studio, Chris's work, several holistic health practitioners, a few gallery spaces, and the studios of many local artists. Matt--a friend of Chris and a wedding guest--is a cartoonist and has a studio upstairs that he shares with other Center for Cartoon Studies graduates.

They have art hanging in every hallway, including large sculptures. The walls are painted in fiercely bright colors. I've emailed Christa a few photos of the space, and she is really excited to take some artistic and funky photographs of us. In case you've never been inside the building, I'm posting them below. We've scheduled our photos for next week. At least we can't get rained out!