King Arthur Flour baker MaryJane Robbins has some gingerbread house advice: It can be addicting. Learn her expert gingerbread house tips.
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Dave Brown likes to make things. Along with his wife, Ann, he’s hewed most of their home’s furnishings: beds, tables, desks—everything but a brown couch and a reading chair that outfit the house they built. When it came time to make the spindles for the ladder back chairs, Dave purchased a second hand lathe, which […]
I enjoy trimming a Christmas tree with our usual hodgepodge collection of ornaments but I also love themed trees. Themed trees are based on a color, a style (i.e. Victorian), or another common thread (a cowboy/cowgirl theme, the 50’s, a tropical theme, etc.). Once every few years I like to decorate a themed tree in […]
Massachusetts
Christmas on Nantucket | Come, Let’s Stroll!
The summer haven of Nantucket shines again on one special December weekend. Learn more about the Nantucket Christmas Stroll.
Magazine
Angels Among Us 2013
Yankee Magazine profiles three New Englanders who are making an extraordinary difference in others’ lives.
New England
Final New England Foliage Report For 2013
Some of the most beautiful things in the natural world are also the most fleeting. A rainbow may last just a moment. The pink light of sunrise, or alpenglow on a mountain lasts but a few minutes longer. Morning mists linger for an hour or so after sunrise, and a winter snowfall may hang in […]
By late October, the foliage over just about all of New England has passed its peak. This is not to say that there aren’t still leaves, even colorful leaves, left on the trees in Central and Southern New England. The remaining color is generally muted though, with strong rust and brown tones dominating over the […]
Magazine
The Legacy | Marys Farm
The legacy of family has the power to unite us even during the holidays, even as we miss those who are missing.
Artist, writer, and the “queen of cozy” Susan Branch creates a real-life world of holiday magic in her Martha’s Vineyard home. Find cozy inspiration in Susan’s 2013 Christmas house tour.
Magazine
Tom Wessels | The Big Question
We ask naturalist Tom Wessels …How do you see the forest for the trees? Tom Wessels believes that every landscape has a story to tell; we need only to “open our eyes and see it.” And for more than 30 years, he’s been helping people to do just that—teaching at Vermont’s Putney School and new […]
By late October, New England very much has a split personality. Southern New England is finally seeing the peak of their autumn color, and it’s been a long time coming. For weeks, residents of these areas have been teased by images of brilliant foliage from their neighbors to the north, in print, on the news, […]
Massachusetts
The Berkshires | Return to October Mountain
On the untamed side of the Berkshires, back roads and byways take visitors deep into autumn beauty and unexpected discoveries.