Valley News photo editor Geoff Hansen teases me often that I submit too many photographs from Thetford.
My excuse: I live in Thetford, so every day I’m going to pass through my town at least twice. Stands to reason I will have more images from there as a result.
Such was the case in spring when while driving to work I spotted a white mule surrounded by a gaggle of children on Thetford Hill.
Mud season this year was, well, epic, with so many roads left impassable. Sarah Freeman had just dropped her daughter off at Thetford Elementary. Students from Open Fields School were petting Freeman’s mule, named Lady Mule.
After talking with Freeman a bit I learned her road was closed due to the mud so she was bringing her daughter to school atop a mule.
She would be returning with Lady Mule to pick up her daughter, Capri, in the afternoon. I went back to the school in the afternoon to wait for pick up to capture a photo for the newspaper.
The Freemans and Lady Mule are a wonderful reminder of the resourcefulness of our rural lives.