Shop windows

So, I have been noticing how difficult it is for the limey to understand, just by peering into a shop window, what an establishment has available for purchase. Here are some favo(u)rite examples:

This is actually a great shop that sells things to eat. However, the following two shops are still a mystery to me, and I haven't yet crossed their thresholds to find out more.

This last one above is one of my most perplexing so far. Just in case it's not obvious, here's a close up.

Yes, it is a canoe containing a male dummy who appears to have recently died of a heart attack.

Anyway, that's not to say there aren't things of beauty in New England. My fantastically welcoming friends S and G greeted me with open arms when I arrived a day early on Saturday last weekend. Now, I know I'm a dedicated heathen but even for a committed atheist, arriving during Easter weekend on the one non-Easter-related day, in order to engage with Easter-type activities, was an achievement. Luckily, plenty of Easter art was to be had, with old-skool egg blowing and painting. And then, after all the smallies had retired, the Easter bunny laid the table in preparation for the hunt the following morning. And it was glorious.

Sadly, this limey heathen consumed too much red wine to get up in time for the egg hunt, so I managed to miss that too. But I had a great Easter, thanks S and G!

And finally, an update on the coffee situation. I don't think this needs further explanation: