The American Chestnut is a remarkable tree species. Many have never heard of it and few have seen them growing majestically in the wild, giants that they were. A highly…
I’ve often wondered why materials that are in short supply, like gold, are valued by some as treasure. The notion of something like pyrite or fool’s gold which anyone can…
One of the great delights of seeing flowers and leaves is the fact that light can be both reflected by their surfaces while also being transmitted through them. The balance…
The winds last week across much of the Midwest and Northeast were remarkable, both for their speed and their duration over three days. A new February record was set on…
Thank you again to Mary Oliver for her poem, “Don’t Hesitate,” a beautiful reminder of the abundance of joy in life. Seeing the world through my camera gives me both…
We are well past “post-peak”—the glorious maples are now bare and in “stick season”—with the colors that remain mostly the now-brown Red Oaks, the glowing yellow of White Birch and…
Act One of peak Fall foliage in Vermont is now nearly over with the Sugar and Red Maples mostly gone. It was a gorgeous year, and I’d say most or…
My friend, Rob, and I went looking for the remains of Vermont’s famous Fall foliage today and found some of the finest we’ve ever photographed. To the north of Montpelier,…
In the early part of the 20th Century the American Chestnut was considered the most valuable tree species east of the Mississippi River, esteemed for both the timber and the…
After a long winter: sun, rain, warm days, countless shades of green.
