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Large-flowered trillium blooming in Monkton.
Solomon’s Seal blooming down by Fargo Brook.
A wild strawberry blossom opening up along Fargo Brook.
A wild strawberry blossom opened wide along Fargo Brook.
A bumble bee busies the buckeye blossoms by the back deck. Beautiful!
A rose breasted grosbeak perched high in a willow along Fargo Brook.
Sunset colors over our front field last Wednesday evening.
White Pine “candles” in the afternoon light.
Huntington Gorge running high yesterday afternoon.
Snow on Mt. Mansfield yesterday afternoon as viewed from Pond Road in Richmond.
A poppy bud just about to burst in our back garden.
A dandelion seed head takes on geometric qualities when viewed up close.
A Common Green Darner recently emerged from its naiad larval casing.
“Light scribbles” traced on falling water in Fargo Brook.
A poppy blooming in the backyard flowerbed this morning.
Breakfast is served! A tufted titmouse finds a tasty morsel in one of the pond-side willows.
A pagoda dogwood blossom along Fargo Brook.
Tamarack needles budding in our front field.
Tender oak leaves and flowers opening on the tree in our front yard.
Apple blossoms popping on the backyard tree by Fargo Brook.
Amelanchier blooming along Taft Road.
Sea Foam blooming across Fargo Brook.
A fern unfurls by Fargo Brook.
A thin-legged wolf spider patrols the rocks and leaf litter along Fargo Brook.
A yellow bellied sapsucker finds a loud place to peck!
A wood anemone blooming along Fargo Brook.
Willows flowering along Taft Road.
A phoebe perched on the buckeye out back. These busy little birds are one of my favorite spring harbingers.
The subtle colors of spring up on Shaker Mountain Road.
Our resident pair of bluebirds pose for the camera…
A trout lily blooming up along Taft Road.
A purple trillium blooming along Taft Road.
A tightly wound fern head unfurls along Taft Road.
A wide open magnolia blossom on the tree by our back deck. Already it’s dropping its petals…
Marsh marigold flowering along Taft Road.
A bright male bluebird alights on one of the boxes in our front field.
A wood frog stares me down in the pond…
One of our resident Koi trolls the edges of our pond.
A lovely wood duck drake patrols the pond yesterday morning.
This guy is so handsome I figured he deserved another glamor shot…
A pair of salamanders float just below the surface of the pond.
A blood root blossom wrapped up against the morning frost.
A cherry tree stands in bare silhouette against a draining sunset sky up by a nearby beaver pond.
Sunset light warms flowing aspen trees above a nearby beaver pond.
These lovely blue, star-like flowers pop up in our back yard every spring. Anyone know what they are?
Hepatica blooming in the woods yesterday–one of my favorite spring ephemerals.
Another lovely spring ephemeral–this time a pair of Spring Beauties–in the woods up behind the house.
A red maple bud up close. I love the intricacy of these flowers…
Blood root–no longer playing coy–blooms along Fargo Brook.
A magnolia blossom popping in our back garden.
Rain drops poised at the tip of spruce needles. If you look closely at the left drop, you can see another spruce tree reflected.
A trio of turkeys take flight up along Shaker Mountain Road.
Daylily spouts popping over by the pond.
Bright green moss growing on the north side of a poplar out by the pond.
Water slides over mossy boulders in the Huntington Gorge.
Icicles hang above the flowing current in Huntington Gorge.
First bloom of the season! A coltsfoot blossom glows in the sun along the driveway yesterday afternoon.
Camel’s Hump and Wind Gap from Ross Hill Road in Huntington.
Another shot of the flowing current in Huntington Gorge.
A current-cut pocket in the stone of Huntington Gorge with the small pebbles that did the cutting still there!
Ice coated rhododendron yesterday morning
Just-budding willow branches reflected in the pond yesterday afternoon.
Ripples in the current cast shadows on the sand in Huntington Gorge.
Tamarack buds await spring…
A pair of well defined white tailed deer tracks in the crunchy snow of our front yard.
Looking up to white pines and blue sky through common reeds across Fargo Brook.
Daffodil shoots defy a sluggish spring popping out of the ground next to the house!
A pair of tom turkeys struts their stuff for the ladies. Photo courtesy of Jim Wood (thanks Jim–great shot!)
The summit of Camel’s Hump catches some afternoon sunlight in this view from our front field.
Wow, the forecast for overnight snow showers was obviously waaaay off! This is what greeted me on the back deck this morning!!!
Sky and trees reflected in a water drop suspended from a small weed head next to the pond. It was a challenge deciding what to put in focus, the weed or the reflection…
Swirling currents crystalized in green ice at Horseshoe Bend on the Huntington River yesterday morning.
A patch of sphagnum moss peeks out from beneath the snow.
Ski posse-mate Jon Isaacson pauses in the “Ice Palace” at Mad River Glen yesterday during a fine powder run.
A fine view of Camel’s Hump from Fall Line at Mad River Glen yesterday.
A fine set of squirrel tracks on the studio steps.
Water dripping off the studio eves festoons a bittersweet vine with icicles.
A twist of dried morning glory vine on a willow stem. Still now buds popping here as spring seems reluctant to arrive…
Another shot of fringe ice and moving water. I like the almost “cellophane” quality of the water at this slow 1/8s shutter speed.
Mud and ice stalactites “decorate” Robin’s mail vehicle. Ahhh, March in Vermont!
Trees cast strong mid-day shadows across the snow.
Lichen encrusts an snapped apple branch in our front field.
A light dusting of snow on tree branches along Fargo Brook yesterday morning…
Another shot of moving water and ice on Fargo Brook. Check out the fascinating “light scribbling” in the water–an effect of the 1/8 second shutter speed.
Snow fleas on a rock along Fargo Brook up close. These tiny “springtails” (1/16″ long) are abundant in leaf litter and you’ll often see them at the base of trees on warm winter/spring days.
A dried beech leaf on the snow.
Rimed conifers catch the late afternoon light up on Mt. Ira Allen yesterday.
A rim of ice and snow along Fargo Brook. The three little black specks are snow fleas (more on them in future posts…) Note the crazy light doodling in the water–an effect of the 1/8 second shutter speed.
A dusting of snow on one of the oak leaves still clinging to the tree out in our front yard.
Snow and paper birch bark
Mouse tracks in the snow
A dried Queen Anne’s Lace makes a cup for snow.
A dusting of snow on white pine needles out by the pond.
Camel’s Hump catches a brief shot of sunlight Thursday in this view from the Single Chair at Mad River Glen.
Rime encrusted Old Man’s Beard moss on a spruce at the top of Stark Mountain at Mad River Glen. Ski posse mates wait patiently for the photographer…
Icicles coated with rime along the eaves of the Stark’s Nest at the top of Mad River Glen yesterday.
Open water on the Huntington River between a pair a hemlocks.
Snow-dusted hemlocks along the Huntington River.
Snow-dusted pines and spruce across the Huntington River at the Audubon Center yesterday.
Snow falling in front of dark spruce trees. The shutter speed is set at 1/10th of a second rendering the long trails as the flakes fall.
Falling snow traces squiggly lines as it falls between dried oak leaves and dark spruce in our front yard.
Eric Hanson cuts through the fresh powder at an undisclosed location somewhere near Mad River Glen.
A ghostly beech leaf in the snow…
Lee Baughman shreds the powder under a set of cliffs at Mad River Glen yesterday morning.
Bright red berries glow beneath a layer of snow on the holly bush by the pond.
Dense morning snow on sumac in our front field.
Turkey tracks in the snow…
A ladybug beetle in the window…
Magnolia buds await the spring…
One of our resident red squirrels hung out on the back patio for a good half-hour teasing our housebound cats yesterday…
“Mare’s tails” cirrus clouds show characteristic wisps.
High cirrus clouds create a broad “X” in a blue sky on Sunday afternoon.
Robin enjoying a sunny morning ski in the Windekind Farm field up at the Camel’s Hump Nordic Ski Center yesterday.
A narrow lead of open water between layers of ice and snow in Fargo Brook.
Another view of ice blocks from the last thaw along the Huntington River at the Audubon Center.
Flowing water and ice at Gillette Pond’s north-end dam yesterday afternoon.
A close-up of air bubbles frozen in a block of ice down near the Audubon Bridge.
Another view of elaborate ice formations at the Gillette Pond dam.
Suspended plates of ice cling to beaver-chewed sticks rising out of one of the Audubon Center ponds.
A snow-filled bird’s nest in a field at the Audubon Center.
An upturned block of ice from an ice jam near the Audubon Bridge shows countless air bubbles suspended in the ice.
Mmmm, suet! A hairy woodpecker enjoys a bite…
Fargo Brook running fast and muddy yesterday afternoon.
All that remains this morning of Emma & Taylor’s snow dragon…
Twigs pop up from under short-lived fresh snow in our front field…
A chickadee contemplates a suet snack…
Paper birch pops out bright white against green of hemlock and blue of sky along Gillette Pond yesterday morning.
Ice formations seem to float above the flow in Fargo Brook.
More delicate ice crystals formed on the inside of our barn windows. The variety of shapes is astounding!
A large flock of turkeys up on Taft Hill.
A cardinal munches on a sunflower seed at our feeder.
Two deer up on Taft Hill.
Another shot of frost crystals formed on the inside of our barn windows.
Snow squall clouds pass to the north and east of the Breeding Barn at Shelburne Farms yesterday at midday.
Another shot of window frost on the inside of our barn windows…
Frost crystals formed on the inside of our barn windows at -7 degrees.
Delicate frost feathers form on a hemlock sprig…
Mourning doves and blue jays beneath our feeder…
From the wishful thinking department: snowshoe hare tracks in the snowy woods of Mad River Glen (not this year obviously…)
Yesterday evening’s crescent moon peeks out from behind the clouds.
Another shot of some turkeys down near Hanksville.
Yesterday’s wet snow made for perfect snow-dragon making. Emma & Taylor went to work…
Robin made this cool ice globe and kindled a small fire inside. Quite lovely!
Three turkeys march across a cornfield down near the Alpaca farm.
Our garden fence casts interesting shadows across the snow…
A hazy Camel’s Hump…
A buffed-up bluejay in the birch tree by our front feeder.
Interesting ice formations on Fargo Brook.
Quintessential Camel’s Hump in full sun yesterday afternoon.
Dried seedpods cast shadows in the fresh snow.
Snow covered garden beds sleep ’til spring…
Deep snow in Fargo Brook.
Uprooted white pine trees from the last big blow along Delfrate Road.
Dendrites and cones on a dried aster by the pond.
Fine dendritic ice crystals formed on holly berries out by the pond.
Snow, frost and ice on Fargo Brook
Snow, ice, water and rocks in Fargo Brook.
Tiny fine frost crystals cling to a twig along Fargo Brook on a cold morning.
Frosted trees catch the morning sunlight along Fargo Brook yesterday morning.
Snowy sumac in the front field
Fresh snow piles up on magnolia twigs and buds out by our back deck.
Light snow piles atop the dried hydrangea blooms next to the back patio–the same hydrangea where many summer bugs love to congregate…
A stone bird bath on our back patio bedecked with snow.
Our power lines in the pond…
A redpole at our thistle feeder. There are a lot of these little birds about this season arriving in great busy flocks.
Holly berries with a dusting of snow the other day out by the pond.
Snow-laden ash branches like a deer’s velveted antlers…
A lone cattail in the wetland along Taft Road.
A recently felled birch tree at a beaver pond along Taft Road shows beaver chew marks and a crusting of frozen sap.
Twists of birch bark peeling from a trunk…
Dappled sunlight paints the rocks and pebbles on the bed of Fargo Brook yesterday.
Spiky ice crystals form on a curled leaf down along Fargo Brook.
Tiny icicles form on the needles of a dwarf spruce as water drips off the eaves of our front porch.
Leaves on the bottom of the pond create a colorful mosaic under faceted ice.
A well-defined rime line down to around 2500′ marks the flanks of Mt. Ira Allen in this view south from Taft Hill yesterday.
Low clouds make for a moody December morning.
A snake skin curled against a maple log in our woodpile yesterday.
Curled, dry leaves frosted…
Lichen growing on the rocks of our back patio.
Ice, frost and a dusting of snow in Fargo Brook.
A fringe of ice and moving water on Fargo Brook.
A dried and wind-blown thistles in our front field.
A tiny vine twists around a buckthorn thorn up in our front field.
Snow-cloaked stones on our back patio before the rains came…
A chickadee momentary perches on the purple line holding our bird feeder.
Ice forming atop rocks, snow on a stick in Fargo Brook yesterday morning.
A view south near Monkton Ridge with the Hogback hills fading in the mid-morning haze.
From the Department of Lucky Shots: a Red-Tailed Hawk takes wing from a dead elm tree in Charlotte yesterday
Fuzzy goldenrod like a clump of caterpillars in our front field.
Dried goldenrod backlit by the sun in our front field.
Tiny pixy cup lichens on a boulder in our front field.
Milkweed tufts arch from a pod like shiny silken fireworks…
A dried thistle head out in the front field.
A coppery pair of goldenrod galls in our front field
Dried goldenrod backlit by the sun in our front field
Frosted asters locked in pond ice
Faceted ice on our pond
Faceted ice on our pond
A frosted twig held in facetted pond ice yesterday morning.
Long, bulbous icicles form beneath our old bridge down Fargo Brook.
Long, bulbous icicles formed beneath our old bridge down in Fargo Brook.
Columnar ice crystals sprout from partridge berry leaves (?) along Fargo Brook.
Minelot Falls cascades over the lip of the Helderberg Escarpment at Thacher State Park near Albany, NY yesterday afternoon.
Turkey tails climb a mossy maple trunk in Bolton Notch.
Club moss holds up a thin mantle of snow along Fargo Brook.
Tiny ice crystals – 1-2 mm in length – fringe a skim of ice along Fargo Brook.
Curling frost fingers growing out of damp soil along Fargo Brook yesterday morning.
Camel’s Hump glows with a mantle of snow and rime yesterday at midday.
Fresh snowflakes bedeck a dwarf spruce by our front porch yesterday morning.
A moss-fringed boulder, birches and a distant snow-dusted hillside up in Bolton Notch yesterday.
Wooden skeletons burn in a neighbor’s bonfire last night. Thanks for a fun nigh R&G!
Rosehips ready to be munched…
Dried ferns in the floodplain along the Winooski River
Rabbit-rabbit! A morning bunny out on our lawn…
A fine rainbow broke out late yesterday morning…
Deer and weasel (?) tracks in the silt along the Winooski River.
An interesting view of the bridge in Richmond…
A solitary maple leaf on the bank of the Winooski River.
Marks in the silt and sand along the Winooski River in Richmond where beavers have dragged willow branches into the river.
White pines, oaks, and a scattering of aspens lend lingering color to the hillside beyond the Farr Farm cornfield in Richmond yesterday morning.
Grey clouds, bright leaves and black crow near Boyer’s Orchard in Monkton.
A bit of rime on Camel’s Hump and some straggling fall color along East Street.
A woolly bear caterpillar. Good winter ahead?
A bright solitary maple leaf and rushing water in Fargo Brook.
Fargo Brook upstream…
Another impressionistic shot of colorful leaves in Fargo Brook.
Mushrooms growing on a mossy log up along Fargo Brook.
Morning frost on Bishop’s Weed out by the pond.
The falls up Fargo Brook
Another look at leave, water, and reflections in Fargo Brook.
Colorful leaves, bright sunlight and rippling water create an impressionistic setting in Fargo Brook yesterday.
This morning’s frost on a sumac stem
Apple laden branches and fall color at Boyer’s Orchard in Monkton yesterday.
Canada Geese fly below a crescent moon (just visible in the center top of the frame…)
Reflections in the water of the Dorset marble quarry—the oldest marble quarry in the US!
Foliage colors just sliding past peak surround the the little beaver pond up at the Appalachian Gap yesterday afternoon.
A bright red maple leaf caught in the green of a hemlock branch near Gillette Pond.
Curious cows come in close up at Windekind Farm.
Electric foliage in the overcast light up on Shaker Hill Road.
Colors pop and reflect in the rain dappled water of Gillette Pond yesterday morning.
Morning fog breaking lifting off of Taft Hill.
Bright yellow leaves of our Amur cork tree glow in the overcast light.
The lower section of the Seven Falls of the Huntington River in Hanksville.
The upper flume of the Seven Falls on the Huntington River up in Hanksville.
Fall colors reflected in a calm pool along the Seven Falls of the Huntington River.
Yesterday’s foggy morning atop Taft Hill
Dew on a broccoli leaf out in the garden.
Holey bindweed and a yellowing milkweed leaf in the front field.
A lovely double rainbow graced the sky yesterday evening as a quick shower moved through.
A marsh fly out in the front field.
A spider’s web built on one of our garden sculptures picks up the backlit glow of the morning sun.
Robin holds a rather large carrot pulled from one of our upper raised beds. It made for a fine carrot salad!
One more from Shelburne Farm (it was a lovely day after all!) Here gulls take flight backlit by the afternoon sun.
Lake Champlain with the Adirondacks across the water as viewed from Shelburne Farm. Note how low the water level is. The level is now at 94.45′ at Burlington, about a foot or so below average for this time of year.
A pair of young deer–one with red, recently de-velveted antlers–munch apples along Route 116 yesterday.
The Adirondacks peek out from under a row of maple trees at Shelburne Farm this past weekend.
Last night’s clear skies offered a great opportunity to take shots of the Milky Way. In this view, looking south from our front field, you can make out the “Tea Pot” of Sagittarius just above the trees.
Last night’s clear skies offered a great opportunity to take shots of the Milky Way. In this view, looking south from our front field, you can make out the “Tea Pot” of Sagittarius just above the trees.
Beads of morning dew bedeck a spider’s web out in our front field.
A fat fruit fly and drops of dew out in the front field yesterday morning.
Morning sunlight filters in along Fargo Brook.
Old ivy clings to a wall down off of Flynn Avenue in Burlington.
Buckeyes ripening on the tree next to our back deck.
A yellow jacket works fragrant bugbane blooms in our ornamental flower garden.
Hollyhocks blooming in the flowerbed next to the garage.
Yellow jacket wasps on their comb next to the observatory door.
Large cumulus clouds build over the Rutland area as viewed from Great Sacandaga Lake. The resultant storms delivered heavy rain and high winds to the area Thursday night.
Contoured hay rows on Taft Hill yesterday morning.
Blue bottle Gentian blooming out in our front field.
A pair of Painted Ladies on the back patio hydrangea.
A leaf-footed bug on a hydrangea leaf on the back patio.
An orb spider lurking under our back porch roof…
A bumble bee works a bloom in our flower garden.
Echinacea blooming off the back deck.
Morning fog burning off Indian Lake in the Adirondacks.
Mountain Sandwort blooming on the summit of Camel’s Hump yesterday.
The crescent moon above cumulus clouds on Tuesday morning.
A Painted Lady butterfly in the ever popular hydrangea by our back patio.
An unidentified fly on a poppy in one of our front gardens.
A bumble bee enjoying a good feed in the pickerel weed near Sand Bar State Park.
A norther leopard frog in on the shore near Sand Bar State Park.
A Great Blue Heron skims the water near Sand Bar State Park yesterday afternoon.
A rose with morning raindrops
This grasshopper was hanging out on a rock above the Mailbox Trail pond. It was very still in the morning sunlight…
A white admiral in the buckeye tree next to our back deck.
A white admiral in the buckeye tree next to our back deck.
A long legged fly poses on a rhododendron leaf by the side of the house.
A Viceroy works the hydrangea out on our back patio. It was a very popular place with about a dozen different species of bees, flies and wasps visiting in the morning!
A button berry blooming along Taft Road.
A honey bee works the hydrangea out on our back patio.
A clear-winged hummingbird moth pauses briefly on some Queen Anne’s Lace by the pond.
A garden spider snares a damselfly out next to the pond. I was very lucky to get this shot. I saw the spider when I was walking around the pond yesterday morning after my run. I went to grab my camera, came back, and just when I settled in to take the shot, the damselfly flew into the web. The spider made quick work of wrapping her prey into a tight little ball for future snacking…
An unidentified wasp out in the front field.
An unidentified, speckle-winged fly out in the front field.
A nice garden spider out in the front field.
An Aphrodite Fritillary on an ornamental thistle out in our flower garden.
A shiny green dogbane leaf beetle out in the front field.
Some variety of katydid out in the front field. You had to look pretty close to see this one!
A stunning darner dragonfly (Blue-eyed darner? Paddle-tailed Darner?) on the prowl in our front field.
A beautiful darner dragonfly (Blue-eyed Darner? Paddle-tailed Darner?) on the prowl in our front field.
A tiny, unidentified fly perches momentarily in the front field…
Yesterday afternoon’s rumbling thunderstorms over the spine of the Green Mountains provided a lovely rainbow near sunset.
A diminutive male garden spider dwarfed by his larger female companion…
A grasshopper out in the front field.
An invasive Japanese beetle chews on a leaf by the pond.
Some variety of ladybug on milkweed in our front field.
A watermelon growing in our upper garden bed.
A honey bee works the ash-leaf spirea out by the pond.
A tiny bee visits an indian paintbrush blossom.
More daylily stamens–this time orange!
Robin descending the West Ridge Trail of Cardigan Mountain in New Hampshire yesterday morning.
Daylily stamens up close out by the pond.
A tiny, pale crab spider lurking in a eggplant blossom on the back patio.
A turkey vulture glides above the waters of Lake Dunmore as viewed from the top of Rattlesnake Cliff.
Milkweed blossoms in the front field.
A small bee on a daisy in our front field.
A dragonfly lurks in the tall grass of the front field.
A large milkweed bug poses in the sun in our front field.
The purple flowerette heart of Queen Anne’s Lace
White yarrow with purple vetch in the background out in our front field.
A red milkweed beetle on, uh, milkweed…
A tachina fly on Bishop’s weed by the pond.
A hungry caterpillar munching on a leaf by the pond.
Along with last evenings dramatic squall line, we enjoyed some local fireworks as well! Thanks L&P!
An unidentified fly perches and a black-eyed Susan by the pond.
Wild parsnip up close. A pretty flower, but with a nasty bite. The sap of this invasive plant is photo-sensitive and will burn skin when exposed to sunlight. Be careful when you pick this stuff!
A mamma ‘possum and her four babies in our front yard yesterday.
Up close and personal with a damselfly by the pond.
The skeletons of last year’s beach leaves on the forest floor…
A slug munches on a mushroom out in the woods.
A bluebird lights on a post in our front veggie garden.
George Mincar of Highland Drive shared this photo of a robin nesting on his front porch. Thanks George!
A hairy woodpecker and its fledgling investigate our bird feeder post this morning.
Colorado blue columbine blooming near Winter Park, Colorado.
A bull elk grazing in the tundra at around 12,000′ in Rocky Mountain National Park.
A fly investigates a buttercup bloom in the woods.
Raindrops on Lady’s Mantle in our back garden.
Three young turkey poults make a hasty retreat from my camera up on Texas Hill Road.
A cedar waxwing poses in the Korean Mountain Ash in our front yard. He and a buddy were eating the dried berries.
Three bluebird fledglings waiting to be fed in the yellow birch by our lower garden yesterday.
A snail climbs a fern leaf in the woods behind the house.
Getting personal with a red eft in the woods behind the house…
A forest of tiny mushrooms grow on a hemlock stump in the backwoods.
Bleeding Heart blooming in our ornamental garden.
A pair of bees work a poppy bloom in our back garden. Note the dark color of the pollen clinging to their legs…
Rugosa rosebuds bursting by the pond…
One of our resident, cat-defying chipmunks enjoys an afternoon meal out on our back patio.
A lovely purple rhododendron bloom next to the house…
A pollen-dusted solitary bee works a blackberry blossom. It should be a banner year for berries this year!
Narcissus blooming by the pond.
A bullfrog hanging out on the edge of the pond.
White rhododendron flowing by the side of the house.
Morning dew on lupin leaves by the pond.
Like a tiny white firework, a dandelion seed head ready to blow away…
A poppy blooming in our backyard garden.
An eastern Tiger Swallowtail is another critter that enjoys our flowing buckeye tree.
A tiny ground spider lurks in her dew-bespangled web in the grass by the pond.
A hummingbird moth tastes the nectar of azalea next to the house yesterday afternoon.
Happy as two bees on a buckeye: a honey bee and a bumble bee share the nectar of our deckside buckeye tree.
A ruby-throated hummingbird enjoys sap from the poplar tree thanks to the sapsucker’s holes…
A yellow-bellied sapsucker drills his signature holes in a poplar tree by the pond. We saw many other critters enjoying the sap including butterflies and a ruby-throated hummingbird.
A dandelion head gone to seed…
Jack-in-the-pulpit blooming across Fargo Brook.
A northern oriole perched in a poplar tree over by our lower veggie garden yesterday morning.
The old and the new. Last year’s brown leaves make way for spring’s green on the oak in our front yard.
A birch catkin on the tree by the front porch.
A tangle of toad eggs in the shallow water of our pond. There are two tightly embraced toads in there too, but you can’t really see ’em…
Grape hyacinth blooming next to the Studio stairs this morning.
Purple trillium and bloodroot blooming along Taft Road.
Sea foam blooming across Fargo Brook.
Dutchman’s Breeches blooming up along Taft Road.
A bloodroot in full bloom!
Fast growing shoots and flower buds on the buckeye tree by our woodshed
Marsh marigold blooming near the house…
A bluebird perched in the yellow birch out by our lower garden.
This is an unusual one: this chickadee had found the desiccated carcass of a shrew under the bushes in front of our porch and seemed to be harvesting fur for his/her nest. His mate was perched nearby watching. I’ve never seen anything like that before…
Round-lobed hepatica blooming along the Burlington Bike Path.
A moody morning shot at Oakledge Park in Burlington (It’s a 5 second exposure for all you camera buffs…)
White trillium or Wake Robin blooming along the Burlington Pike Path.
A garter snake poses next to a bloodroot along the Burlington Bike Path yesterday.
Horsetail “strobili” (the spore producing part of common field horsetails) along Dugway Road.
The overflow channel at Huntington Gorge flowing with muddy water–an amelanchier flowering in the foreground.
Chocolate cream river: the rain-swollen Huntington River yesterday just before it drops into the Gorge.
Early spring foliage pops up on Shaker Mountain Road.
A tiny fern unfurls from beneath dried leaves…
A pair of well-camouflaged Canada geese nesting in the beaver pond up on Texas Hill Road.
A Red Admiral enjoying the nectar of our deckside Manchu cherry bush.
After 25 years of watching this 120′ poplar loom over our house, we finally cut it down on Tuesday…
Fiddleheads popping up along East Street.
Shadbush (Amelanchier arborea) blooming along East Street yesterday.
And now for something completely different: More Cowbell on Church Street yesterday afternoon…
Leaves pop out of blackberry stems down by Fargo Brook
A line of cumulus clouds drops rain on the High Peaks of the Adirondacks yesterday afternoon in this 15-second exposure at Burlington’s waterfont.
A line of cumulus clouds drops rain on the High Peaks of the Adirondacks yesterday afternoon in this 15-second exposure at Burlington’s waterfont.
Another slow-shutter shot of Fargo Brook.
A layer of wet snow mantled Camel’s Hump yesterday.
Can someone kindly remind me what these lovely blue flowers are? They’re all over our backyard…
The remains of an old barbed-wire fence along lower Fargo Brook.
A frost-nipped magnolia blossom “on hold” during this cool weather.
A bloodroot blossom emerging from its wrapped-tight leaves yesterday.
Another shot of Fargo Brook…
Downstream in Fargo Brook…
Water striders doin’ the nasty on Fargo Brook a couple weeks back…
Coltsfoot blooming along East Street!
A crown of lichen on an apple tree in our front field.
A tiny vine twisted around a buckthorn thorn…
A cluster of little black berries on a small tree along Taft Road. Anyone care to identify these for me?
Another shot of Fargo Brook ice and snow. It’s not there now…
Fargo Brook snow and ice…
Three snow-capped stones in Fargo Brook.
A new beaver dam underway up off of Taft Road.
Just a few of the bajillion snow fleas on the snow up at Mad River Glen yesterday…
Robin enjoys a sunny view from the top of Taft Hill.
Fluffy seedpods backlit by the sun along Taft Road. (Can anyone identify this plant for me?)
This earthworm was sliding through the mud of Taft Road on Saturday afternoon. If the early bird gets the worm, what does the early worm get?
Curling birchbark on a tree along Taft Road.
Warm weather clouds move over the Huntington River Valley yesterday afternoon in this view from Taft’s Hill. Mad River Glen is to the left.
A chickadee pauses in the hemlock tree before dropping to the bird feeder.
A sign of spring? Hemlock cones opening up on the tree in our side yard.
A view of Camel’s Hump from the Mad River single chair.
Lake Champlain and the High Peaks of the Adirondacks from the top of General Stark Mtn. at Mad River.
Camel’s Hump from along the Long Trail somewhere near Mad River Glen
Rime covered spruce trees up along the Long Trail somewhere near Mad River Glen (but I’m not saying where…)
Morning snow on the back deck. Yeah!
A fat rhododendron bud with a touch of snow…
A downy woodpecker visits our suet feeder.
A lady bug on a sunny window sash…
Frost on the garage window…
The brown and bare Huntington River Valley from the summit of Camel’s Hump on Sunday.
Robin rounds the bend just before the summit of Camel’s Hump yesterday!
Stream edge ice…
A hemlock cone with a tuft of snow atop it…
Another shot from Dead Creek–a beech leaf held by snow on bubbly ice…
One of the noisy robins in the ash tree in our front yard…
Our front yard on February 15th, 2007.
Another shot from Dead Creek: skeletal branches in the ice…
A line of crusted, wind-blown snow along a lead on Dead Creek.
A sun-bleached elm tree in the ice of Dead Creek yesterday.
Jumping mouse tracks head off into the woods…
One more from a series taken the other day. I particularly like the spiral nature of the frost crystals as they twist up the twig.
Fine frost crystals formed on a redbud stem by the pond.
Yesterday’s glittering morning frost looked like this close-up: a fine set of ice crystals formed atop a dried goldenrod stem.
Frost feathers on ice down by Fargo Brook.
Fluffy snow on an old bandsaw blade that’s part of one of our sculptures out in the garden.
Fluffy flakes on spruce…
Downy snow on a rhododendron leaf
One more in the minimalist zone: this macro shot is of yesterday morning’s very light and fluffy snow.
Some more minimalism: jumping mouse tracks in the snow…
Some minimalism for the morning…
Caps of snow atop fungus…
Last night’s first quarter moon. Jupiter was just to south but I didn’t get it in this exposure. Venus was to the west as well. It was a busy sky!
Icicle draped ledges at Mad River Glen yesterday…
A frosty stack of stones by our wellhead…
A frosty stem pokes up through the snow…
Here’s another shot of that sundog from several days ago. I just like the feel of this photo…
From the “Here’s hoping…” department: rimed hardwoods up at Mad River Glen last week.
One more from the frost shots I took the other day. This time it’s a willow stem that’s bedecked.
A fallen hemlock twig bedecked with frost
A maple seed “helicopter” frosted on the ice of our pond.
A nice portrait of a chickadee out our kitchen window.
A fine coincidental collage out on the ice of our pond the other morning.
Delicate frost feathers formed yesterday morning under the hemlock tree in our side yard.
Rime-frosted mountain ash berries up in the woods at Mad River Glen
A twist of barbed wire emerges from the snow across Fargo Brook.
A very chilly robin feeding on mountain ash berries up off of Chute at Mad River Glen on Sunday. The temperature was around -4 at the time, and there were several robins eating and trying to keep warm.
A very chilly robin feeding on mountain ash berries up off of Chute at Mad River Glen on Sunday. The temperature was around -4 at the time and there were several robins eating and trying to keep warm.
A gorgeous sundog graced the sky yesterday afternoon–the best I’ve ever seen. I took this shot from Terrien Road.
Camel’s Hump emerges from the clouds as the sun came out yesterday afternoon.
Camel’s Hump was in and out of thin clouds yesterday afternoon as the sun come out.
Rimed trees at the top of the Mad River Glen double chair yesterday.
Dried fern seed pods
Pale beech leaves catch a little afternoon sun along Taft Road.
Stone steps emerge from the snow in our back garden. Hopefully these will get covered tomorrow…
Paper thin Fargo Brook ice…
Delicate frost crystals on birch branches sparkle like stars in last night’s moonlight.
Kind of a blurry hand-held shot of last night’s moonrise, but I sort of like the feel of it…
A pair of mourning doves hunt for seeds below our feeder.
Snow flattened ferns against a stone in the front field
A dab of Witches’ Butter on a broken apple branch in the field across the road.
Common reeds and white pines catch a shot of afternoon sunlight on Monday.
A delicate dried vine twists around a common reed across Fargo Brook.
Ice on Fargo Brook yesterday. We’ll see more form tonight as temperatures drop…
Snow-loaded white pines along Delfrate Road. Here’s hoping for more white stuff…
Your’s truly enjoying the fresh powder at Mad River Glen during opening day yesterday. Photo courtesy of Riley Hanlon.
Fresh snow, morning sunlight, mmmm….
The Holiday lights on our little tree look lovely covered with snow this morning…
From the wishful thinking department: the scene here on Feb 15, 2007
A classic view of Camel
Snow and ice along the bank of Fargo Brook
Raven Ridge under blue sky and a fresh layer of snow yesterday
Sticky fresh snow and low clouds create a quiet mood yesterday morning
The Solstice fire burns bright and hot. Thanks for another wonderful celebration M&B!
A dusting of snow up on Wind Gap Tuesday. It’s probably gone by now…
The sun emerged yesterday at midday, backlighting white pines up on the hillside above Hinesburg Hollow as the snow subsided.
The crescent moon at sunrise on Sunday morning
Frost-flecked rhododendron leaves curl in yesterday morning’s chill
Fine feathers of frost on a twig along the edge of Fargo Brook
Frost crystals and a goutweed leaf
Low clouds over Taft Hill
Lichens and snow on a cherry tree trunk…
Ice in Fargo Brook
Snow-draped hemlock…
Willow leaves and early ice on the pond
Late afternoon light, snow – perfect…
Coppery oak leaves bedecked with new-fallen snow.
Holly berries dusted with snow beside the pond.
Snow falling in the birch trees by our front porch last night.
Midday fog wrapped the bare trees up along Taft Road yesterday making for a moody scene…
Another view of Cobb Brook…
Turkey Tails on a maple log…
Taft heifers up off Terrien Road
Tightly packed seeds burst from a milkweed pod…
Camel’s Hump sported a thin layer of rime ice yesterday afternoon.
From the archives: a shot looking up Taft Road after last year’s Big Blow…
A good sized moose print in the mud of the Mailbox Trail beaver pond…
Subtle colors of lichens on a maple tree.
Puff Ball fungus on a fallen tree trunk…
Another shot of Cobb Brook…
Dark trees and bright sky. Last evening’s sunset was an unexpected treat!
Early pond ice
Frosted Rugosa rose leaves by the pond
Frost crystals cling to dried leaves yesterday morning…
A raspberry stem reaches around a log felled and stripped by beavers.
Late season apples…
Club moss heads ready to release their spores. I’m not sure if the little red berry belongs to the moss, but there were several in the vicinity.
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Another shot from Cobb Brook…
A few of the Taft’s Jersey heifers enjoying the open meadow on Taft Road.
Partridge Berry brightens the forest floor near Cobb Brook.
Carved limestone along Cobb Brook
The waterfall up on Cobb Brook. I love the way the boulder is poised at the top, ready to tumble. Note too the circle of leaves swirling int the pool in this 2 second exposure.
Fargo Brook tumbles over cleaved rocks upstream…
The dried remains of Queen Anne’s Lace…
A burr tangles with a milkweed seed along East Street…
A milkweed pod releases its seeds…
Yesterday’s balmy air made for a hazy view from the top of Taft’s hill…
Tiny little ‘shrooms on a fallen moss-covered apple branch.
Lacy mallow seedpods out in the field…
Frost bejeweled spirea down next to the pond.
Frosty Queen Anne’s Lace backlight by the morning sun.
Fluffy tufts of aster seeds by the pond…
Ripe cedar nuts are a favorite of a variety of different birds this time of year…
Ripe rosehips of a Rugosa Rose…
Burning bush brightens up the back yard down by the brook…
Happy Halloween! Our pumpkins glower on the front porch…
Oak leaves dusted with yesterday’s snow. It didn’t last long in the day’s sunshine…
Morning snow on Mountain Ash berries
The skeletal remains of day lily seed pods
The hydrangea by the pond has a lovely fall blush this time of year.
A thin vine weaves through buckthorn points…
A bright maple leaf floats at the edge of Lake Champlain.
A small raft of Canada Geese bob in the water off Blanchard Beach in Burlington.
Up close with one of the last raspberries of the season. There were three and they were good…
Ripe holly berries by the pond.
Turkey Tails and fallen leaves up in the woods…
Some very cool cumulus cloud formations over South Starksboro yesterday (photo courtesy of Eric Hanson).
Fallen leaves pile up in Fargo Brook.
One of Caitlin & Miles’s oxen in the Hanson field.
One of Caitlin & Miles Jeness’s oxen down in the Hanson field.
A delicate mushroom in a bed of sphagnum moss.
The buckeye seeds are ripe and dropping. Anyone want a potential tree?
Ripe hemlock cones in the afternoon sun.
Camel’s Hump up close. Can a mantle of snow be far behind?
A chickadee perches on a grapevine as it hunts about for fall goodies.
More peak color–this time from near Monkton Pond.
Peak color on Shaker Mountain Road yesterday.
The nearly full moon rises over Camel’s Hump as viewed from Texas Hill Road.
A pair of bluebirds flutter about one of our bluebird houses in the front field.
Camel’s Hump and a nearly full rising moon…
A frosted Jerusalem Artichoke
After this morning’s frost, this little fella’s probably pretty chilly…
Subtle fall color on an overcast day up on Shaker Mountain Road.
The fall mood from the top of Taft Hill.
A sunflower enjoys a brief glimpse of the sun…
Bright fall leaves in Fargo Brook.
More little mushrooms growing across Fargo Brook.
Small mushrooms populate a fallen log along Fargo Brook.
The “Mailbox Trail” beaver pond is now empty due to Irene’s heavy rains. (Photo courtesy of Robin.)
A tiny yellow mushroom (yellow patches?) growing in the woods behind the house. (Photo courtesy of Robin.)
Buckeye seeds ripen on the tree next to our back deck.
A late season wasp emerges from the cracks between out back deck stairs.
A monarch butterfly wing lies amongst the leaf litter in the woods.
Early fall leaves in Fargo Brook.
A bull thistle blooming in the front field.
An aster up close and personal…
A honey bee gets some late season nectar from asters in our front field.
Red clover blooming in our front field.
Garden harvest picked before the frost!
Spiders perch on beach stones on a gravel bar along Lake Ontario. There were thousands of ’em!
A cricket in residence on one of our raised garden beds.
A grasshopper lurks in the tall grass of our front field.
A honey bee loads up on goldenrod in our front field.
Dune grass along Southwick Beach on the south shore of Lake Ontario.
The rocky shore of Kring Point State Park along the St. Lawrence river showing the telltale signs of glaciation. Note the smooth groove oriented in a north-south direction.
A stunning sunset from our campsite at Kring Point State Park along the St. Lawrence River.
Don’t get tooo close! Yellow jackets nesting on the observatory…
A large female garden spider and her diminutive mate lurk in the grass of our front field.
The other side of the rainbow…
A lovely double rainbow graced the sky yesterday afternoon. (Must be a pot o’ gold in our house somewhere…)
A lovely double rainbow graced the sky yesterday evening. Must be a pot o’ gold in our house somewhere…
A line of cormorants guard the mouth of the Mississiquoi River.
A fine and colorful daylily blooming over by the pond…
Ferns and moss in a sunny spot in the woods.
Our good friend and the previous owner of our house shared this view of our place from around 1981. Got a few more trees today! Thanks Jon!
Dew droplets suspended in a spider’s web.
Indian Pipe popping up in the backwoods.
An Amanita or Limacella mushroom growing in the back woods…
a Blue Admiral pauses on Taft Road.
Small mushrooms (Maple Agrocybe?) growing in the back woods…
A Red Admiral and a small wasp perch on coltsfoot leaves along Taft Road.
A millipede munches on lichens in the woods…
A tiny field spider lurks under her dew spangled web…
A red eft in the leaf litter in the woods behind our house.
A white pond lily bobs in the waters of Lake Champlain near Crown Point.
Cumulus clouds build up above the Greens yesterday at mid-day.
A spider waits patiently in her web…
A honey bee and bottle fly share the hydrangea on the back patio.
The hydrangea on our back patio continues to be popular with the bug set. Here a monarch butterfly samples its wares.
A paddler’s view of Camel’s Hump from the New York shore of Lake Champlain.
Future yumminess!
A sunflower blooming in the On The Rise Bakery garden.
A great spangled Fritillary perches atop an echinacea.
A fly hangs out on an hydrangea blossom.
A tiny fly sucks nectar from intricate thistle blossoms.
The hens & chicks that were tight buds the other day are blooming now…
Another unidentified bug lurking in the zucchini. Please post a comment if you know what it is!
Anyone know what these bugs are? They were teaming under a zucchini leaf…
Up close with a hosta blossom…
A popping pair of daylilies blooming by the pond…
A bee and a fly visit a jewel weed blossom.
Hens & Chicks buds ready to bloom!
A white admiral butterfly.
Tiny spirea blossoms blooming next to the pond…
A mallow blooming along our driveway.
A close-up of Queen Anne’s Lace flowerettes.
A small bee perches on a black-eyed Susan along our driveway.
White and pink pond lilies bloom in a marsh along the coast of Maine.
Varieties of kelp in a tidal pool at Kittery, Maine.
A sunflower!
Up close and personal with an echinacea blossom on our back deck.
Pale blue chicory blooming along Texas Hill Road.
A black-eyed Susan about to open its eye!
A burst of fireworks at our neighbors’ annual display.
Slender Blue-Eyed Grass blooming in our front field.
A pair a phoebe fledglings hanging out on the volleyball net yesterday.
A bright red spider mite dances along a spreading dogbane blossom in our front field.
A tiny fly (about a millimeter long) on a leaf in the back garden.
Intensely intricate and colorful Hens & Chicks flowering in our back garden.
A small bee visits freshly blooming milkweed in our front field.
Peek-a-boo! This painted turtle was hanging out next to our pond yesterday morning.
This large snapping turtle was waiting to cross the Main Road by the Audubon Center yesterday. I hope he (she?) made it across safely!
Mouse ear blooming along Delfrate Road.
Yarrow blooming along Delfrate Road.
Clintonia (blue-bead lily) blooming along the Burrows Trail on Camel’s Hump.
Bunchberry blooming along the Burrows Trail on Camel’s Hump yesterday.
Bladder Campion blooming along Delfrate Road.
Bittersweet (Climbing Nightshade) along the road on Delfrate Road.
Dramatic cumulo nimbus clouds built up Saturday afternoon. We managed to dodge the rain though…
Spiderwort blooming in our ornamental garden.
Astrantia or “Bloody Mary” blooming in our ornamental garden.
A bright orange poppy in our ornamental garden.
Water droplets bead up on lupin leaves.
This goldenrod crab spider was lurking on the stem of a poppy in our back garden.
An Aphrodite Fritillary enjoys a yellow indian paintbrush.
A damselfly perches on a fern leaf. It looks like there’s an aphid or something under the leaf as well.
A peony blossom in the sun next to our pond.
This grey tree frog was hanging out in my canoe when I flipped it over.
A tiger swallowtail drinks nectar from the last of the azalea blossoms next to the house.
A large moth spent the day yesterday on the screen of our front door.
A small bee feeds from the nectar of hens & chicks blossoms.
A honey bee hovers over a blooming poppy.
A tiger swallowtail poses for an instant on a bright green fern.
a clear-wing hummingbird moth hovers above azalea blossoms. Note its long tongue.
A viburnum (we call it the snowball bush) blooming next to our pond.
Pagoda dogwood flowering down by Fargo Brook
The irises are in full bloom beside our pond…
A small bee in Korean Mountain Ash blossoms.
White rhododendron blooming next to the house.
A bumble bee collects nectar from an azalea blossom next to the house.
A wild tom turkey struts his stuff for some hens on Mayo Road yesterday.
Rain drops collect on Ladies
The falls at Middlebury: The Otter Creek was high yesterday.
An ostrich fern unfurls across Fargo Brook.
A bumble bee enjoys a buckeye flower.
One of our rhododendrons blooming across Fargo Brook.
Sea foam blooming down by Fargo Brook.
Broad-leafed toothwort blooming next to Fargo Brook.
Solomon seal just about to bloom in our back yard. I just love the rich green feel of this photo…
So many shades of green up on Shaker Mountain Road yesterday.
Sea foam blooming in front of blood root leaves.
An osprey perched in its nest at the mouth of the Lamoille River.
This hearty little tree was growing out of a railroad tie.
Robin bobs in the high water at the mouth of the Lamoille river.
A ruby-throated hummingbird visits the Manchu Cherry by our back deck.

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