Sun Dog Symphony
Morning sun and ice crystals floating in the air created this sight at Sugarbush, VT, Monday morning. I don't know what this phenomenon is called: multiple sun dogs with a…
Susquehanna Foliage Season
Turns out that places other than New England have fall foliage. Like the Susquehanna River valley in central Pennsylvania. I happened to be there at the absolute peak in late…
New Farms for New Americans
Belated Thanksgiving post: I had the pleasure last summer of photographing immigrants in the New Farms for New Americans program in Burlington for the Vermont Almanac. On a beautiful August…
The Joy of Pavement (Without Cars)
Unless you've been reading the local papers, you don't know about the long and painful process over the past summer of paving the County Road, the main drag from Montpelier,…
Veterans and Kids on Vets’ Day
This year's Veterans Day Parade in Montpelier included veterans, of course, but also kids from Union Elementary School wearing placards dedicated to a veteran close to them. They all marched…
Top of the State, State of the Top
Climbed very slowly up Mt. Mansfield last week, going from misty valley fog through bright sun on bright foliage to a smattering of ice and snow on top, at the…
Heights of the Season
Leaves peaking, leaf peepers peeping, yesterday, White Rocks Mountain, VT; Hunger Mountain next door, Camels Hump, Mansfield, Waterbury Res in the distance. And the season’s first frost on the trees.…
Blessings
The local weekly, The Bridge, asked me to photograph the Blessing of the Animals at Christ Episcopal Church in Montpelier. I thought this would be a short visit but the…
Something to Luge
You have probably been asking yourself: "How DO lugers train during the summer when there's no snow?" The answer was on display on a hot day in mid-July at Mt.…
Tadoussac, Quebec, & the Whale Highway
Back from Quebec's Saguenay Fjord and a whale-watching quest. The estuary where the Saguenay and the St. Lawrence rivers meet is one of the best places on earth to see…
El Torneo de Futbol 2022
Last Saturday was the annual Torneo de Futbol de Justicia Migrante put on by Vermont’s Migrant Justice organization. (Click on the headline or photo for full post.) In the heart…
Montpelier’s July 3rd July 4th Parade
After a two-year COVID absence, Montpelier's July Fourth parade (always held on July 3rd) was back, in most of its glory. There was a strong presence of marchers for abortion…
Moving Light Dance
I photographed Moving Light Dance's spring performance June 3–5 on a green hillside at Peck Orchard in East Montpelier, VT. (Click through on the headline or photo to see more…
Vets with Pets
Army National Guard vet Chris Brock of Barre, VT, left, and vet tech Kim St. Germain console Brock's dog Elinor, a basset hound/lab mix, as Elinor has her toe nails…
Plum Island, MA
Plum Island is a barrier beach in Newburyport, Massachusetts. If you go there during a warm spell in May, it's like summer, except that the water temperature is about 45…
All Species Day, Montpelier, VT
Montpelier welcomes spring in its own way, via All-Species Day, which starts in a local park and dances its way to the Vermont State House.