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Silver Lake three ways

Yesterday we hiked back up to Silver Lake. This time we took the most direct route. 1.5 miles up from the parking lot on the shore of Lake Dunmore with about 730

Apple photos mostly

Its been raining in Vermont. I took a few photos of one of my apple trees between the storms. This is a Liberty apple tree planted in November 2021. I plant most

Nice morning for a summer hike

We got out for a hike this morning. Great Vermont summer day. Relatively low humidity, 57F this morning with a high of 81F. We hiked up to Silver Lake and back.

Today in Flowers

Here are some current photos of flowers in our flower beds. I was out watering my young trees today (which is essentially a too long series of 5 minute timers 🙄)

Butterflies and bees

Monarch butterflies are out in Vermont 🙂 I got a few photos of a Monarch and a bee. Monarch caterpillars eat exclusively milkweed which is very common in the fields

The generosity of neighbors

Lovely day in Vermont. Our neighbor offered to let us pick some of his raspberries. We picked 4 and half pints. That was basically one side of the patch, he had

A year at the lake, one month at a time

Time for a retrospective. One photo for each month for one year. Actually pretty much the same photo (view) each month. Starting with July. August from a year ago.

Random Summer Friday in Vermont

Greetings from a lovely day in Vermont. Smoke cleared out and both humidity and temperatures dropped. It got down to 51F last night 🙂 I shot a few photos as I went

Birds and other stuff

Got a great shot of this great blue heron by the outlet of the lake. He has been hanging around in the shallows and on the docks. Another exciting shot of a fledgling

Only flowers

I'm obsessing over our flowers lately. These are coneflowers. I really liked this photo. So many coneflowers in different stages, it seemed almost like a collage.

Early gardening results

Our relatively mild and wet spring has got the garden off to a good start. Now we could use a little rain to go with the summer heat. this is a zucchini bloom. Cucumbers

July already

The summer passes so quickly. We are finally having some nice Vermont days. 50F's at night and 70F's during the day. Windows open all day and night. Really pleasant.

Summer at the lake

Time for some lake pictures 🙂 Seven days of life at Lake Dunmore. Lake Dunmore is in Addison County, Vermont straddling the towns of Salisbury and Leicester. All

Summer has arrived

Summer has officially begun. I have a few photos from the last week or so. Starting with an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. And a Spicebush Swallowtail. Very similar

More Lady Slippers

I found (ok was taken to) some yellow lady slippers on a recent hike. One of our neighbors shared a yellow lady slipper habitat they check every year. Unfortunately

Spring things

A few pictures of spring things around Vermont. The eft is out and about. The eft is a juvenile Eastern Newt. Dragonflies are skimming the swampy areas. This is

Spring Wildflowers

I put together a selection of spring wildflowers from some recent walks. Its raining today so I'm trapped inside for the moment. The first is a Lady Slipper. The

Trillium

Trillium wild flowers have come and gone for this season. I got a few photos recently. There are two type in my area. The white with red splashes are Painted Trillium.

Only Tulips

Only Tulips. This post is only tulips. Only tulips in my beds. Only one shot per tulip. We are delighted with our tulips this year. We have been planting blubs for

Spring wildflowers

Spring wildflowers are blooming! The very popular trillium and lady slippers should be blooming soon but will require some hiking to find them. This lovely white