Cliff Dutton

Carpenter and website developer. Amateur photographer.

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Instagram Feed Update

Sample Instagram photo of bridge building

Regretfully, delivering photos from our Instagram page using our Instagram account, @snobirds or  the hashtag #shrewsburysnobirds to our website via feed has been problematic at best and so I’ve decided to drop it. None the less, our Instagram account still exists with some pretty cool photos and if anyone interested in managing the account please let us …

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New Photos on SmugMug

They are usually uploaded anonymously and so it is this time with photos showing riders very happy to be on the snow. It doesn’t have to be that way. Photographers can identify themselves and their subjects in the comments below the photos or just comment and stay anonymous. A few words to describe your photos …

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Sno-Birds on Instagram

Roy and I had a great meeting with Mike G, the new Sno-Bird Secretary last night. I was showing them the new integration with Instagram and Roy pointed out he wasn’t aware of Instagram on our site yet. That could be because I wasn’t clear enough in my first post so I’ll try to point …

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Introducing Instagram Integration

The Shrewsbury Sno-Birds now have an Instagram account @snobirds. We would love to find a volunteer who knows Instagram to manage it (send us an email if you are interested!) Right now you can add your photos to our new Instagram #shrewsburysnobirds hashtag page right here on this site. It works because Instagram posts with …

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Attaching Bridge Timbers to I-Beams

I was wondering about how or if the bridge planks were attached to the I-beams and while browsing through another set of photos Roy has posted to SmugMug I found the answer in this photo. You have to zoom in a bit but you can see the screws and washers holding the planks down to …

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Roy’s Pre-Thanksgiving Photos

I had a moment to talk with Roy and got him lined out on adding his photos. See the post where he mentioned them. He posted them to SmugMug and I want to call your attention to them as I’m sure we will be getting more snow soon and these will be only a faint memory. …

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Upper Cold River Road Covered Bridge Open!

Covered Bridge

I just had my truck undercoated at Carrara’s Hot Oil Undercoating in Shrewsbury and learned that the Covered Bridge was open. I presume knowing that the bridge is again open will be useful to someone accessing the trails in Shrewsbury or making the trip from there to Rutland. Just know there is a very steep hill …

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Sno-Birds Website Reconnected with Facebook

Apologies to our Facebook followers. Our website has not been posting Roy’s news posts since last February. If this post makes it to Facebook, you can rest assured you will see all the new posts that Roy writes as we get closer to snow season. Make that be deep snow season! Remember this?

This Photo Just Added

 This photo was just uploaded to our SmugMug site and I’ve added it to “Member Uploads.” It appears that Sno-Birds can have fun even off the snow but I’m only guessing because there was no comment to provide any information! Please, anyone …

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The 2014-15 Season in Photos

Roy has uploaded some photos over the season and we have seen many of them in his Trail Reports. Seeing them all together is a great way to remember an amazing season from the big storm on December 14th through the long lasting cold and snow into Spring. See them in the gallery below (captions by Roy) or …

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