This is one of those unusual spots around town that attracts a combined universe of locals and visitors. Miles of rivers, the same that were traveled by Henry David Thoreau in his time, are open for exploration. The South Bridge Boat House offers those without kayak or canoe the chance to rent for […]

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In Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic book, Anne of Green Gables, the protagonist, Anne, describes an impossibly beautiful route as the “White Way of Delight”. This footpath is our very own White Way in early Spring. Starting across the street from The Colonial Inn on the opposite site of Lowell Road, it stretches […]

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Today is the first day of Spring 2008. My eyes are craving green and my feet anxiously await a trail to walk that is not ankle deep in mud. Finding evidence of Spring was a challenge today so I chose to focus on what is coming by looking back.
Today’s photo is indeed an […]

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Spring is not quite officially here, but the tell tale signs have started and that includes metal buckets appearing on some of the grand old maple trees of Concord. The nights are still very cold but with day temperatures warming it is the perfect combination to extract the kind of sap that will eventually […]

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Having just come back from Miami Florida, as much as I love New England I knew the palm trees and warm skies were going to be hard to part with. Fortunately, our second day back greeted us with a brilliant sky and a fresh blanket of snow. Now there are days admittedly, that […]

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