Rhode Island

The Gig

Feb. 29th, 2012, Leap Day. Out last snow of the season and it didn’t last very long. I managed to get this shot of the Gig in the snow before it changed to rain.

Rhode Island

Skiff

New England without boats would be like the desert without sand. I found this beautiful skiff on a mooring a few days after Hurricane Irene.

Vermont

Brattleboro, Vermont | Summer Day Trip

Memorial Day weekend unofficially marks the transition to summer and all the activities the warm weather brings with it. For myself and my husband, it’s the time of year when we pull the kayaks out of the shed and start thinking about places to paddle. Currently, our favorite spot is a mere 30 minutes from […]

Rhode Island

Pomham Rocks Light

Pomham Rocks Light sits at the mouth of the Providence River. It guided ship in and out of the port of Providence for many years.

Massachusetts

A George Nick Tribute in Duxbury MA

Twenty-one years ago, back in March of 1991, I wrote a short profile of Boston painter George Nick for Yankee in which I observed that “though he rarely paints people, George Nick is a society painter.”    “In the solid, reassuring facades, high bay windows, and ornate stone entries along Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue, […]

Rhode Island

Narragansett Bay Winter Sunset

Winter produces some of the most brilliant sunsets of the year. Clearing storms that allow the sun to break out just before sunset produce color that’s hard to imagine.

Rhode Island

Serenity

One of Newport many piers.

Rhode Island

Beautiful

Sunset between Goat Island Lighthouse and Newport Bridge

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