Snow Pines
Though snow pales the view at this time of year to mostly silver and gray, pines punctuate this slope with...
Flora
Butterfly
This fellow sips a late lunch perched on a Sunchoke flower in the garden. Why not take a drive in...
Brave Buds
Snow and sleet this week couldn't deter these brave buds from their Spring emergence. Encouraged by brief periods of Summer-like...
Early Spring
The hills are subtly colored with silver and orange hues; evidence of buds swelling from branches. The past couple of...
Autumn Frost
Dawn left a 26 degree morning in it's wake; afternoon shines brightly under a clear blue 72 degree sky. Brilliantly...
Summers’ Peak
When the snowpack leaves, hilltops slowly draw pale green spring upward from the hollows' wet floors, like a new wick...
Common Yellow Throat Warbler
The Common yellow throat warbler shown above kept us company outside our window for almost an entire day.
Crystal Lake Rose
Valentine's Day brings thoughts of warmth and roses. This rose grew along the walkway to Oliveri's Crystal Lake Hotel Lakeside...
Hard Frost
Three days ago, for the first time since March, for a moment, the air smelled like winter; today, hard frost.
Peak!
The frost's been on the punkin, If we had fodder, it'd be in the shock It's peak now here On...