A colorful autumn shoutout to Jim Carroll for putting us onto a local-ish fall foliage showcase featured on Thrillist. The post, "Fall's 10 most gorgeous American towns, voted by Travel + Leisure readers", includes some familiar postcardy standbys peppered with a couple of … [Read more...] about Best Fall Foliage? Travel + Leisure Readers Vote for the Adirondacks
Landscape
Daylily Days 2013
We have reached the daylily peak! Or so it seems in recent days... And that, friends and neighbors, is a sure sign of mid-summer. Seasonal climax. A gentle harbinger of autumn days to come. Yes, the sometimes humble and other times extravagant daylily is summer's hallmark, at … [Read more...] about Daylily Days 2013
Essex County Seedling Sale: March 8 Deadline
Temperatures are starting to swing subtly up, and yesterday a spot or two of sunshine even tempted us to dream of spring. And despite the impending threat of more snow on Thursday and Friday, I am thinking of springtime and seedlings. The Essex County Soil and Water Conservation … [Read more...] about Essex County Seedling Sale: March 8 Deadline
Essex Views
Another one of the stories entered in this round of the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) writing contest is E. C. Hughes' Visiting Coon Mountain: A Walking, Hiking and Boating Adventure! If you haven’t yet, you should go vote in the contest. Voting ends today! Hughes and a friend … [Read more...] about Essex Views
Adirondack Fall Foliage: Leaf Peeping in the High Peaks
The old maple trees in front of our house remain green except for a few splashes of color. Unlike higher elevations deep in the Adirondacks, most of the foliage in Essex village is only just beginning to change color. But on Wednesday I experienced a Technicolor preview while … [Read more...] about Adirondack Fall Foliage: Leaf Peeping in the High Peaks