Category: flora and fauna
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Smileflowers
This was simply a challenging week for me… the loss of a dear soul… the difficult tasks innate in being someone’s boss… so I went back a few weeks in my photo archives to present to you some wonderful smiling faces! Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are native to the Americas and grown for their seeds, oil…
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(Hu)mans Shall Not Live By Bread Alone…
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“We believe in puppet theater as a wholesome and powerful language that can touch men and women and children alike, and we hope that our plays are true and are saying what has to be said, and that they add to your enjoyment and enlightenment.” – Peter Schumann About 15 years ago I…
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Blueberry Summer
This summer we discovered a very fun activity in our own backyard. One lovely day we decided to go berry picking at a local farm and store. Friends had been raving about how many pounds of blueberries they picked, and we were looking for something to do outside… We gathered our plastic containers and straw…
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John Brown’s Farm
On a beautiful summer day I recently visited a favorite spot in the Adirondack Mountains in North Elba (near Lake Placid) for a walk back in time. Abolitionist John Brown once farmed here and his old homestead is now a New York State Historic site. John Brown and two of his sons bought the property…
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A Feast for the Eyes & Imagination
At the end of this month (June 22 to be exact) the “mosaïcultures internationales” exhibit will open at the Botanical Gardens in Montreal. Also called “the Giants of the Horticultural Arts” it features large-scale horticultural sculpture in a lovely setting. On a recent trip we were able to get a sneak peak at some of the…
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Journeying to Asgaard… aka feeding the kids
In Norse mythology Asgaard was the dwelling place of the gods and of slain war heroes, ruled by Odin. But here in the Adirondacks it was the home of an amazing and inspiring artist… In the 1920s Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) chose a glorious spot in the Ausable River Valley for his home, farm and artist’s…
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Butterflies Go Free
This time of the year winter starts to smell like your brother’s dirty socks. Maybe that’s too extreme a metaphor… but the cold weather and grey skies get a little old. In order to ease the body’s discomfort a trip to the botanical gardens with their warm and bloom filled greenhouses is definitely refreshing! Currently…
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Wandering ‘the Gut’ in Winter
I often drive past a magical area along Lake Champlain that simply looks like a small tree-lined stream running between farm fields. The magic cannot be experienced from the road, but I know where it is as drive over Riley Brook – a brook that flows east toward the lake and meanders through a haven…
Wander Artist & Tabula Rasa Studio 