The group of photographers I’ve enjoyed working with recently had the challenge theme of “jigsaw puzzles.” These are a few I shared that I think would make dandy ones, though…
This time of year the Vermont hillsides are mostly bare of leaves. I find the leaves that are left, perhaps because they are the few remaining, to be inordinately beautiful,…
November can be cold, gray and trying for many. Personally I love seeing the changes coming as we move headlong into winter. And in less than a month—already—the days will…
My perception of time has certainly become odd in the past year. Some days it changes at the pace of a snail and other days like a spring freshet. Watching…
A week ago I was looking at the Forsythia bush shown above, blooming it full glory. This morning, Earth Day 2021, it looks like this: Late April snow is not…
Lately I’ve been experiencing more and more disruption of what I’ve long considered “normal” time. I know I’m not alone as many I know are finding similar recently. Some days…
If the weather cooperates, this is the week the sun, now seven weeks past the Winter Solstice, makes a re-appearance back in our kitchen window. This morning we welcomed a…
A few inches of snow had been predicted, with rain no less, and we ended up instead with over a foot of gorgeous snow that has continued to stick to…
As I have often written about here, I love winter and the ice and snow that come with the cold weather. Even on this the almost shortest day of the…
I’ve heard a few grumbles lately, understandably so, about how hot is has been. Vermont so seldom gets in the high-80s or 90s but that is exactly where the thermometer…