Perfect — it’s the only way to describe the weather for the past two weeks, especially for producing great foliage colors! The nights have been clear and cool, and the days mild and bright. Sunshine has been abundant, and rainfall limited. In fact, the only rain we’ve seen has been alongside cold fronts that reinforce […]
Travel
New England
Editor’s Choice Food Awards 2013
Yankee Magazine’s Senior Lifestyle Editor Amy Traverso, gives a sneak peek at some of the Editor’s Choice Food Award winners. The winners were chosen from all over New England and feature some of the best artisanal foods around.
Rhode Island
Kettletown Crossing
Wooden bridge crossing over water from a small waterfall where no sunlight shines which produces moss on the rocks, in one of the trails at Kettletown State Park, located in the town of Southbury, Connecticut.
It’s been a bit rocky on the approach, but it seems that autumn’s official arrival this week will offer optimal conditions to kick-start the colors. Last week at this time, temperatures climbed into the 90’s across most of New England, rewriting records and stalling any progression that the trees were making towards changing colors. Fortunately […]
Massachusetts
Exploring Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline began its life in 1638 as a hamlet of Boston called Muddy River. In 1705, it was independently incorporated, but it remains surrounded on three sides by the city. And despite being home to nearly 60,000 residents, with a population density similar to that of Cambridge, it still stubbornly calls itself a “town,” not […]
Rhode Island
Sunrise over the Kickemuit River
Taken in Bristol, R.I. – HDR photo
Rhode Island
Barn scene
18th century working farm in Bristol, R.I. – Coggeshall Farm in the Colt State Park
Rhode Island
Traps & buoys
Old glass, traps & buoys –
Connecticut
Rainy day at Coggeshall farm
An outbuilding with mouser at the working 18th century farm in Colt State Park
Rhode Island
Cove on the Kickemuit River
A black & white photo of a cove in Bristol, R.I. – not a lot of B/W photos being taken any longer, but I liked the clouds & water in this version.
New England
Fall Picnic | Where to Go for a Foliage View
Want to plan the perfect fall picnic? We’ll tell you where to buy the basket, fill it, and find the best views before and after your picnic. Also, see the willow basket from Simon Pearce that Yankee says is a “season must-have.” Best Fall Picnic Locations Picnic in Litchfield, CT Watch Tina Puckett weave bittersweet, […]
New Hampshire
Yankee Magazine Cover | September 1973
September 1973 | “Antiques Store,” by Albert E. Merrikin.