Over the past several weeks I’ve enjoyed making the final selections for the show I’ll be hanging in January at the Central Vermont Medical Center gallery. I had some fascinating breakthroughs…
As I put the garden to bed, plant Spring bulbs, make tomato sauce and think about snow tires, I also smile remembering what a lovely month November is and how…
I’ve enjoyed planting bulbs this week—tulips, daffodils, crocus and others—one of the true joys of Fall. “Paying ahead” to the spring, if you will, and, with hands in the dirt…
I’ve shared pictures in the past of the lovely flowers of the Shad or Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), one of my early Spring favorites. Clearly pollination happened because the trees are…
I first saw the startling flowers of Beaked Hazel (Corylus cornuta) six years ago. The female flowers are the size of a pea and often bloom while the snow is…
I love to photograph the leaves of American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) all year round. The new leaves are particularly delectable! Add some sun and shadow and they are instant art.…
Last Tuesday I wrote about how I’d dug up all the ferns I was so fond of photographing. The next day, on a hike to Chickering Bog, I found a…
Around the time Liz and I were married 40 years ago, hundreds of Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)flowers bloomed in the woods around our house. When I saw this one…
Back in Vermont and the many greens of Spring have changed to a seamless expanse of Summer green covering mountains and hills. The fact that it seems to be a…
Thank you to the Vermont Humanities Council for sharing this little gem: “A little Madness in the Spring” by Emily Dickinson A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even…
Still Learning To See 