Category Archives: Country Living

April Snow

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Eliza Waters

Today it snowed six inches (15 cm), the most accumulation we’ve received during any storm so far in 2016 (our winter was relatively mild with very little snow). All the more amazing is that the temperature on Thursday and Friday reached 67 degrees F (19C) … Continue reading →

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Maple Sugaring – A Rite of Spring

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Eliza Waters

Spring is here with the calls of red-winged blackbirds, muddy roads and buckets hung on maple trees, which are tapped to collect their sweet sap. Although this winter was very mild, generally New Englanders wait a long time for spring to … Continue reading →

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Winter At Last

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Eliza Waters

Winter at last! It finally looks and feels like winter out there. We received about 5 inches of snow in an overnight storm that ended at mid-day. I was beginning to wonder if winter would pass us by without any … Continue reading →

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Winter Contrast

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Eliza Waters

This is what my backyard looked like on February 3, 2015. The snow was at least two feet deep and it was bitterly cold, the high temperature that day was 21F (-6C) and the low was -6F (-21C). This is … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Eliza Waters

Thanksgiving, celebrated this week here in the U.S., is a holiday during which we express gratitude for the harvest and the many blessings bestowed upon us during the previous year. While most of us are quite fortunate, often we forget to give … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Eliza Waters
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Walktober – Chapel Brook Reservation

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Eliza Waters

I’m joining Robin at Breezes at Dawn for her Walktober challenge. Every October Robin sets forth the challenge to post a walk we have taken, then she links them all together at the end of the month for a cross-blog stroll. It is a … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Eliza Waters
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Silent Sunday

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Eliza Waters
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WPC – Boundaries

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Eliza Waters

The Boundary between Here and the Hereafter WordPress Photography Challenge: Boundaries

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