The Beautiful Little Town Of Brasher Falls

I was on a back roads tour with Daphne and Clover, the two Papillon puppies. But given that it was late afternoon on a chilly Saturday, I thought I'd better begin by stopping in the town of Brasher Falls to buy some groceries. The regional high school for the St. Lawrence area is in tiny Brasher Falls and as I posted before, their sports teams are called "The Larries." Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegon" monologues have a team with the same name, used for humor. I can't help but wonder if the local people here find it humorous. NPR is certainly popular up that way. I produced no proof in my last post, so thought that this time I'd include a photo of the high school's sign. Click to enlarge and you'll see it:

And then I noticed that it's also on the front of the building. Again, simply click to enlarge:

Across from the high school was this very elegant house. Brasher Falls is one of the nicest small towns I've ever seen, clean and apparently rather prosperous:

Erin's Isle is a popular restaurant which has always had cars overflowing its large parking lot. It's popularity with the locals inspired me to want to eat there some day. But on this day it appeared to be closed. Perhaps it was closed for Thanksgiving weekend?:

I arrived at the tiny IGA grocery store. It was newly opened and provides the local rural area with nearly everything a big grocery store would have. Previously, I suppose that people had to make the long drive into Massena or Potsdam:

As I walked into the IGA, I snapped a photo of the downtown business district. Yep, this is all of it:

I've previously called this the octagon house, but looking at this picture, I'm thinking that it perhaps has only six sides. What do you think?:

This charming little ornamented house:

And a green sort-of-Victorian style house. If this was in Albany, it'd be mighty expensive. But real estate is cheaper up there in the north country:

A very prosperous looking brick church: