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Tag Archives: New England
A Look Back
On this last day of this tumultous year, I thought I’d look back through my photos and pick a dozen shots, one for each month. Nature has provided me with much solace, as it does every year, but this year … Continue reading
Posted in Country Gardening, Field Notes, My Photos
Tagged A Look Back, nature, nature photography, New England, solace, year in review
137 Comments
Back to Winter
Nearly all of our snow had melted and recently, some days really felt like Spring, but in March in New England, Nature can give us surprises. Seven inches of heavy, wet snow! My spouse tackled the job readily, bless him! … Continue reading
Autumn Garden
This has been a wonderful year for fall color in my neck of the woods. Conditions favoring such all came together weatherwise– from a cool, wet spring to sufficient rain throughout the summer, ending with a cool, dry September. Perfect! … Continue reading
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
Tagged autumn foliage, autumn gardening, New England, photography
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A Different View April 18
Time for a spring view. Birch and maples are budding out in rose and green. The grass is growing, too. Spring at last! For contrast, here are winter and autumn shots: It’s nice to live where there are four distinct … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, My Photos
Tagged four seasons, landscape photography, nature photography, New England, photo meme, photography, scenic view
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March Comes In Like a Lion, Goes Out Like a Lamb
“March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb.” ~ Proverb Here in New England during March, we can experience a broad range of weather from raging blizzard, like Tuesday’s storm Stella, to warm days with temperatures reaching … Continue reading
Maple Sugaring – A Rite of Spring
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
Posted in Country Living, My Photos
Tagged Acer saccharum, maple, maple candy, maple cream, maple sugaring, maple syrup, New England, rite of spring, sustainable farming
113 Comments
Walktober – Chapel Brook Reservation
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
Four Seasons
This weekend we took a ride to Bullitt Reservation to take my fourth and final photos in a series showing the four seasons from the same vantage point. Along with the ground blackberry that kept snagging and scratching my ankles, the black … Continue reading