Maine

Washington, Maine: Medomak Family Camp

As dawn broke over the lake this morning, your daughter caught her first perch. A few hours later, your son paddled to Loon Island with a new friend while you read several chapters (in one sitting!) of a novel you’d been meaning to start for years. At dusk, after a gourmet lobster bake, you and […]

Maine

What the Locals Know

Searching through her grandfather’s attic, local graphic designer Seania McCarthy discovered a clipping about a deserted village in the heart of Cape Ann called Dogtown Common (or Commons). A prosperous farming and mill community in the 1600s and 1700s, it was finally abandoned, literally, to the dogs in the mid-19th century. Now she, partner Dee […]

Massachusetts

Cape Ann, Massachusetts: The Other Cape

It happens often as you drive around Cape Ann, the rocky headland jutting into the Atlantic 30 miles north of Boston. You round a corner or crest a hill and wham! — suddenly you’ve driven into a painting. It’s something about the way the light refracts off the ocean on all sides, making ship masts […]

Vermont

Stowe Moonrise

Photographed on a frigid night(-20F) which results in a clean, clear night sky.

Vermont

Snowy Contrast

It just gave us a light snow overnight and the contrast between

Vermont

The Color of Sap Isn’t Gold

Most people think sap is golden colored like the final syrup product. This will give them a better view.

Travel

Cutest Dog

Pretty 4 month old puppy

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