Cape Cod houses designed by architectural firm Polhemus Savery DaSilva get a modern approach to a traditional aesthetic. The emphasis on light and open space is seen in their work on these homes and the Cape Cod Museum of Art. These photos are from Architecture of the Cape Cod Summer: The Work of Polhemus Savery […]
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The family’s grandfather, Brigham Newton Bullock, a successful railroad and banking executive, built this three-story brick Victorian in 1890 for his bride, Flora. He located it high enough on Prospect Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, to allow for views of the town from its curved porches and dramatic tower. The couple’s only child, Richard, who grew […]
Read more: Tanglewood picnic ideas Peggy Daniel presents the story of Tanglewood through a treasure trove of stories from the musical luminaries who consider Tanglewood a second home. She is an award-winning producer/director specializing in classical music programming for public television, Sony Classical, CAMI, and the Bravo cable network. Tanglewood: A Group Memoir The animal […]
1. L.L.Bean’s four-person Ultra Dome tent ($189) sets up fast, keeps bugs out, and provides plenty of ventilation for cozy sleeping quarters. 2. Adults sleep tight in a Katahdin Climashield sleeping bag ($109 and up), while kids rest easy in an Adventure sleeping bag ($59). 3. Add a layer of comfort with a flannel camp […]
SLIDE SHOW: Cape Cod Houses This is a story about summer and light. About inner and outer beauty and how a house reflects them both, on its own and in relation to the landscape around it. It’s about the yearning we feel here in New England when our brief but glorious season is finally upon […]
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Home Projects: Playhouse
Project: playhouse and swing set When Richard Svopa moved his family from Florida to Halifax, Massachusetts, three years ago, his three young kids quickly realized that something was missing from their new life. And it had nothing to do with white sandy beaches and sunny February weather. Nope. Instead, the Svopa home was missing its […]
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Antiques: Hatboxes
While growing up, I shared a room with my very neat and organized sister. I was the bane of her existence. Artsy and disheveled, I provided the perfect foil to her tirade of tidiness. “A place for everything, and everything all over the place” was my motto. I favored pretty; she liked practical. I liked […]
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Adirondack Chairs
On Bruce Ware’s porch above the shores of Lake Champlain, I lower myself into a deep wooden chair and lean back. “The way you’ll know a real one is the height of the chair off the ground, and where your knees come up to,” Ware tells me. “In some, where the angle is wrong, they’ll […]
I returned to my hometown this week. The Walpole, New Hampshire, “Old Home Days” committee had invited me to give a reading at the library. I arrived early enough to catch the end of the parade and let the familiar landmarks settle in: the big shade trees and stately white Colonial homes lining Main Street, […]
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Wood Turtles Hatching
Video: Interview with David Carroll 1993 Yankee Classic: Turtles Studies by David Carroll Excerpted from Following the Water: A Hydromancer’s Notebook (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, August 2009; $24)Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Blazing sun on sand, midday August heat. I head for the deep shade of a tall stand of […]
When historian and constitutional scholar Joyce Lee Malcolm first discovered a 1765 bill of sale for a 19-month-old slave boy, she put it aside, says Tim Clark, who reviews Malcolm’s book, Peter’s War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution in the July/august 2009 Yankee Magazine. But Malcolm pursued Peter’s story and, though […]
First, find a spot just above the high-tide line, so your creation doesn’t get washed away. Shovel sand into a pile. Then add water to keep it dense, and pound the wet sand down. Repeat until you achieve a good height. Now for the sculpting: Carve with your trowel and refine with your palette knife, […]