Thursday, October 31, 2024

Happy Halloween: Changes within a season and Reflections on mid to late autumn

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This scene above is part of my regular commute to work. The view of the little white church nestled in fall foliage across Crystal Lake open...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Map to the Mountains: New Haven to New Hampshire

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In 1827, Daniel Wadsworth sent a map and suggested itinerary for a trip to the White Mountains to Thomas Cole that was scheduled to begin 19...
Wednesday, July 3, 2024

July 3, 1839 Crawford Notch Following in the Footsteps of White Mountain Artists

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  185 years ago today, Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand sketched in Crawford Notch. Cole's sketch was later used as the basis for one of ...
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Operation Neptune

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  Today we commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The amphibious assault part of that invasion was code named Operation Neptune. Recentl...
Monday, June 3, 2024

People Who Can't Tell "Entomology" from "Etymology" ...

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...bug me in ways I can't put into words. For example, this is a bug - an Emerald Ash Borer to be specific.  The branch of zoology that ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Saskatoon Spring: Flowers for Fish and Funerals …

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… and pies, basket frames, rope, and tea, as well as many other things.   It is one of the earliest trees to flower around the Conway Public...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Show me your papers

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So many more things to discover! The Bemis collection continues to yield up its mysteries.  I recently came across this red Moroccan leather...