We took a short day trip today. Passed this cool old barn. Also this classic dairy farm. A few photos from the day.

We were in Middlebury yesterday so I took a few photos. There is traffic circle kind of between downtown and the college. The town keeps up flower beds in the middle of the circle and Two Brothers Tavern

Today I thought I would do a proper garden tour. I talk about the garden alot but haven't done a post on it recently.

Each morning after a morning walk and breakfast, I do a walk around of the yard, garden, and fruit trees. Hopefully check the rain gauge, but no need today 🙁. Today I took some photos of my fruit trees

Honeysuckle is an aggressive, non-native, invasive species in Vermont. It seems to be everywhere. Like most invasive species it is primarily a problem because it outcompetes native species and can also

Today is just pretty flowers. Sometimes that is enough 🙂 Our black-eyed susans are having a great year. They are pretty hardy so doesn't take much but for some reason this year they are thriving.

Hello from the lake 😎 its been a hot and humid stretch here in Vermont. Hopefully it will break tonight. I've been stepping up my posting.

Chicken of the Woods is a favorite mushroom to forage. Its easy to identify and cooks up with a texture surprisingly similar to chicken. That also makes it a favorite of vegetarians.

I have lots of hydrangeas around the yard. Most were planted by the original owners of my house so they are well established. They are coming into bloom.

We visited Lake Placid, New York on a recent day trip. Most Americans (at least ones my age) associate Lake Placid with the Miracle on Ice. In the 1980 winter Olympics, unheralded US mens hockey team defeated

We took a day trip to the John Brown Farm State Historical Site in North Elba, New York. Its not far from Lake Placid in fact you can see the ski jump towers from the farm 😆

I saw a beautiful monarch butterfly on our morning walk. I started with butterflies as promised but I guess it turned into a mini-tour of my swamp 🙂

I have some zinnias in small beds along the fencepost at the garden. I took a series of photos showing all the way from a bud to a fully open flower

Yesterday we hiked back up to Silver Lake. This time we took the most direct route. 1.5 miles up from the parking lot on the shore of Lake Dunmore with about 730 feet of elevation gain.

Its been raining in Vermont. I took a few photos of one of my apple trees between the storms. This is a Liberty apple tree planted in November 2021.

I took some mushroom photos on our recent hike in central Vermont. The first is just a nice photo not sure what type of mushroom. I'm not great at mushroom identification. I just know a few I like to forage.

We got out for a hike this morning. Great Vermont summer day. Relatively low humidity, 57F this morning with a high of 81F. Hiked up to Silver Lake and back.

Here are some current photos of flowers in our flower beds. I was out watering my young trees today (which is essentially a too long series of 5 minute timers 🙄) and I took some time to photograph flowers.

Monarch butterflies are out in Vermont 🙂 I got a few photos of a Monarch and a bee.

Lovely day in Vermont. Our neighbor offered to let us pick some of his raspberries. We picked 4 and half pints.