A Late December Thaw

  The beginning of this week greeted us with some 40 degree  (~4.4 degrees Celsius) weather and a fleeting glimpse of the bare ground.  I decided to use the opportunity to poke around in the woods near the house. I have read that you can use birch bark to create a natural pink dye.  I…

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A Christmas Day Walk

A Christmas Day walk in Stowe, VT.  Christmas this year dawned bright, sunny, and not exceptionally cold – the perfect conditions for a midday walk.  Unfortunately, even up in the mountains, there was not enough snow on the ground to justify the breaking out of the snowshoes.  I’ll have to give it a few more…

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Philly Cheese Steaks

The occasional Philly Cheese Steak is one of the things that I sometimes miss about living in the mid-Atlantic region.  The one time I had the gall to order one in a Vermont establishment it came served up on a French baguette topped in sharp cheddar cheese – tasty, but not what I would call…

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Shell Ornaments

This past summer, I made a bunch of these shell ornaments to sell at a craft fair at the beach – She Sells Sea Shells down by the Sea Shore…   I found them to be a great way to archive precious moments or memorable places.  The pictures I transferred onto the shells were a…

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