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Cotton Valley Rail Trail, New Hampshire

Posted on September 14, 2024 by skelley

Imagine for a moment, it is 1924  and your family has rented a place in Wolfeboro New Hampshire, on Lake Winnipesaukee. The last leg of your trip is from Sanbornville to Wolfeboro aboard a train that will drop you off … Continue reading →

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Fall Flowers

Posted on August 18, 2024 by skelley

Before the fall foliage arrives with its spray of colors, fields and roadsides come alive with fall flowers. In addition to the bursts of color, these flowers are vital to bees and other pollinators. As bee keepers several years ago, … Continue reading →

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John Howland and Thanksgiving Gratitude

Posted on November 25, 2023 by skelley

Thanksgiving is when I am most grateful for the good fortune one of my forebears experienced on his journey from England to Patuxet, some 400 years ago. My ancestor, the Pilgrim John Howland, like the other passengers aboard the Mayflower, … Continue reading →

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Autumn Balance

Posted on October 7, 2023 by skelley

There’s something about Autumn that makes me think about balance–maybe it’s Autumn’s position between Summer and Winter. Aurumn also make me think mmore about food–apples, root vegetables, squash, soup…and of course, pumpkin pie and apple cider doughnuts 🙂 A couple … Continue reading →

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New England Self Serve

Posted on September 16, 2023 by skelley

This sleaf-peeper is a sucker for the roadside stands that seem to be everywhere on the backroads of Maine and New Hmpshire. One of my favorites is Stone Farm in Arundel Maine, because it’s only a short bike ride from … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Best Fall Foliage Leaf-Peeping?

Posted on September 7, 2023 by skelley

According to a recent areticle in Forbe’s Magazine, Planning a Fall Foliage Trip is Tricky, fall foliage in 2023 may be a little more difficult to plan for as a resule of several weather extremes that happened earlier in the … Continue reading →

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Five Islands, Georgetown, Maine

Posted on August 19, 2023 by skelley

The leaves weren’t changing yest when we stopped at Five Islands in Georgetown, Maine, but that never stops us from adding this spot to our itinerary, any time we’re in the neighborhood. Of course there is fresh lobster and seafood … Continue reading →

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Abenaki Tower

Posted on August 14, 2023 by skelley

This is the view from the top of Abeanki Tower in Tuftonboro, NH. Originally built in 1924, the original tower fell into disrepair and was rebuilt in 1978. Although stories abound as to its original purpose, it was not a … Continue reading →

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Savannah’s Hanging Tree

Posted on February 18, 2023 by skelley

Savannah, Georgia is filled with magnificent Live Oak trees, that do not drop their leaves in the Fall. Instead, the leaves remain on the tree until the new growth in the Spring pushes off the older leaves. Some of these … Continue reading →

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Pumpkin Spice

Posted on September 18, 2022 by skelley

And you know what that means! This sign on the counter Harmony Coffee House in Wolfeboro, NH a couple weeks ago got me thinking about the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte that everyone seemed to be nuts over. OK, sure, it’s … Continue reading →

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