My scariest friends are guarding the dining room door, hoping to frighten away Hurricane Sandy. She is more terrifying than any ghosts or ghouls who are planning to come our way this Halloween! But I don’t think it’s going to work! Two days ago my backyard trees looked like this: And right now: Mr. Fun, Nellie and I are…
The brilliant blue sky and cool nights of autumn have arrived here in southern New England. It’s time for animals to grow winter coats ~~ ~~ and time for me to cut and dry my remaining hydrangea blooms. It’s also time to bring in my plants to be repotted for their wintertime rest. The spider babies need to be snipped…
We know autumn is here when we make our annual trip to the northernmost reaches of New Hampshire, where the state bumps into Canada in an area whose national identity was still in dispute well into the 1800s. click here to read about The Republic of Indian Stream Here, the majestic Connecticut River starts as a spring on the Canadian…