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15. WESTON PRIORY, WESTON, VT I recently saw a post on a Vermont based instagram about the Weston Priory and it jogged my memory of a past desire to visit there someday. I would love to take a “time out” from my usual whirlwind foliage itinerary and listen to the chants and tour the facility. I have...

What a spring delight we are having! Maybe even 100 shades of G R E E N ! So many spring colors surround us now, and the hills are alive with every shade of green imaginable! As I was driving alongside one of our mountain roads, I was awestruck by the variety of colors awarded to us by Mother Nature...

Oh geez! :shock: I just found another event on October 5th that I have to try to get to and it is actually part of my bucket list! If you scroll back you will see that Dog Mountain in St. J's has been on my list for quite awhile. Well, lo and behold, I found their Fall Dog Party is the same day as t...

Wow! This is going to be an interesting weekend in Brownington! My new VT friend who owns a house in nearby Charleston just asked if I wanted to kayak and/or canoe on the Clyde River if the weather is great. A new experience and I'm always game for anything that is adventurous and out of the norm fo...

Well I can't believe my luck! 8) I just got the last room at a lovely place in Brownington, #14 on my bucket list! Now I definitely will knock this one off for sure! No more excuses for neglecting my bucket list. I decided to frontload my fall foliage vacation to include the last weekend in Septembe...

Hello everyone! As I write this, we are in the low 30's and parts of CT are experiencing frost! It pains me to keep the furnace going! :shock: Yesterday, we were checking out back roads in the NW corner and it was flurrying. The lakes, rivers and streams were extremely high and some flooding was app...

14. BROWNINGTON, VT AND THE PROSPECT HILL VIEWING TOWER I haven't updated my bucket list lately, and since my week long NEK lodging is in place, this lovely village has caught my eye for so many reasons. The Brownington Village Historic District is a historic site and is located near the intersectio...

Hi Ed, I can feel your enthusiasm coming through! We are about 50% leafed out here in northern CT with those mint green leaves showing off! Magnolias were in full bloom by this past weekend and azaleas, cherry blossoms and dogwoods are totally amazing! I had been hiking quite a bit this last week an...

https://naturephotographers.network/articles/colors-of-spring/ A shout out to our very own foliage forum member and talented photographer Ed McGuirk on his stellar photo essay on the “under appreciated” spring color that Mother Nature brings to us each year, recently published on the Nature Photogra...

This past weekend we decided to check out a few waterfalls in the NW corner of CT. Insane! With all the snow melt and rain, they were showcasing their finest! I hope to head to VT in May and check out a few once mud season passes a bit. We did not encounter any mud thankfully, on our waterfall hikes...

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/scbi/migratorybirds/featured_photo/bird.cfm?pix=Hooded_Merganser Has anyone seen this exotic waterfowl in Vermont? I'm hoping to see one this fall as I will be near all the Woodbury, Cabot, Marshfield, etc. ponds while I am in Peacham for a week. I would love to capture a ...

Is anyone else ready for winter to come to a close? Spring is here but it still feels like early March! :( I just saw that we may get a dose of wet snow this coming Friday and I say "no more"! When I was up for sugaring weekend March 23rd, the snow was relatively deep and felt like January...

I'm a little late in posting my wonderful weekend in VT chasing the sugar house trail. So here we go! :D Last weekend we were blessed with Friday's snowfall with frosted trees upon entering Vermont, along with a blue bird sky, passing clouds and the promise of wonderful maple adventures to come. It ...

https://www.rutlandherald.com/features/weekend_magazine/yankee-notebook-the-best-things-about-vermont/article_49b76265-f205-5c49-b312-9f8b3e3ad824.html I just saw this piece in the Weekender by Willem Lange. It was so sweet and captivating. I felt like adding so much more to the things that make Ver...

https://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/a-sweet-start-to-sugaring-season,567741 A nice article from the Bennington Banner about Robb Family Farm! We are taking a little diversion from the Whitingham Maple Festival to visit this sugarhouse! I've always wanted to go to this farm in any season and am ...