October Fog

October Fog

by | Oct 10, 2016 | Autumn, homepage, Vermont

October mornings—when not frosty—are usually adrift with fog in pocket valleys. This weekend marked the peak of color for autumn foliage and the mist and sun only amplified the treetops. I had a long drive from here to the Red Horse Winery to help pick La Crescent...
Late Summer Foraging

Late Summer Foraging

by | Sep 5, 2016 | Autumn, Summer, Vermont

  Are you a forager? In spring I dig up ramps and cut fiddleheads. I love to find raspberries, blackberries and untended apple trees. But other than morels, which I can identify well, I’m a little timid to collect and eat mushrooms. The surprise of this...

Abandoned

by | Jul 8, 2016 | Summer, Vermont

I drive by this alpine meadow near my house most days and see a shingled roof up there through the trees. I’ve been so curious about this cabin since glimpsing it for the first time last year. So a few weeks ago I was traveling past mid-morning on a weekday and...

Nöel

by | Dec 24, 2015 | Christmas, Holidays, homepage, Natural World, Vermont

Holiday Greetings from our hilltop valley. It is unseasonably warm, and when we walked this morning it felt like spring garden planting weather, not the season of candlelight, bayberry scent and eggnog by the fire. The woodland is so lush and green with moss and ferns...