Massachusetts

Early Spring in Ipswich, Massachusetts | Photographs by David Stone

David Stone has been interested in photography since childhood when his father gave him a Sears Tower twin lens reflex camera with the admonishment not to lose it. After attending college and serving in the Army, he graduated from the New England School of Photography and has been working in the photography industry ever since. […]

How To

How to Photograph Architecture | Steeples, Sugar Shacks, and Skyscrapers

I love winter. I follow the storms, arriving in recently-snowed-upon towns before they’re properly plowed, shooting winter villages through a lace of fresh fluff on branches, picturing woodlands and villages with a thick frosting of ice. Other photographers are showing us the first sprouts of spring, but my bags are still packed for the next […]

New England

Cranmore Mountain Resort | Family Skiing and Fun Activities in North Conway

Strolling through the Village of  North Conway, New Hampshire, on Main St./White Mountain Highway, glance to the west and you’ll see the historic Conway Scenic Railroad’s North Conway Station and beyond the staggering mountains of White Mountain National Forest.  There’s usually nothing better than a walkable downtown  with fun shops like Zeb’s General Store (a […]

New Hampshire

Sunday at Pats Peak

For most of this winter I debated whether to introduce my three-year-old son, Calvin, to downhill skiing. I consulted with friends. Is he too young? Some said wait until next year, others said just to go for it; just make sure he’s having fun. But I was treading on personal territory. For years I’d kept […]

Homes

Gordon and Mary Hayward’s Vermont Farmhouse | The Gardener’s House

Over the past 30 years, a famous garden designer and his wife have transformed a dilapidated Vermont farmhouse into a study in harmony between indoors and out, where garden views are always in focus. Town life never suited Gordon and Mary Hayward. They found that out firsthand in 1981, when they bought an 1850s-era white […]

Gardens

Crocus | Longing for Spring

Have hope for there is always a warmer day to come, and brighter colors to lighten your grand day. No winter can last forever, even in admirable New England.

Magazine

Hens in Residence | Temporary Housemates

As long as I’ve had livestock, no matter how cozy, how dry and warm, how peaceful the atmosphere inside, some part of my awareness stays out on the range. I feel this especially in late spring when the lambs are out on pasture, and in the dead of night, a coyote yowls half a mile […]

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