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Five houses, ranging from quaint to modern, sit on a lake shore with autumn trees behind them. Lights glow from within, reflecting on the dark water.

Five houses, ranging from quaint to modern, sit on a lake shore with autumn trees behind them. Lights glow from within, reflecting on the dark water.

On shore, five houses sit beside the dark water of Lake Greene, ranging in style from comfortably quaint to conspicuously modern. In the summer, when the Green Mountain State is at full splendor and each house is packed with friends, family members, and weekenders, they glow like beacons signaling safe port. Through the windows, one can see well-lit rooms filled with people eating and drinking, laughing and arguing, playing games and sharing secrets. It changes in the off-season, when the houses go quiet, first during the week, then on weekends as well. Not that they’re empty. Far from it. Autumn lures people to Vermont just as much as summer. But the mood is different. Muted. Solemn. By mid-October, it feels like the darkness of the lake has flooded the shore and seeped into the houses themselves, dimming their light. Mehr sehen