Moss Glen Falls in Granville Gulf, VT. (In this instance, "gulf" refers to a long, narrow and steep valley, not a large semi-enclosed body of water.)

This instantly reminded me of the gravestones carved by Moses Wright in the Rockingham Vt area, in the late 18th-early 19th century.

Dudley rides shotgun with me wherever I go!

A view over the Green Mountains of Vermont on Sunday, June 28.

I went for a ride through Townshend and Grafton (VT) today. Saw thunderheads reflected in a beaver pond, and visited the beautiful and peaceful Burgess Cemetery.

My Dad, anti-fascist, c. 1943-'44, in Italy. If he were still here I'd make him a strawberry-rhubarb pie. ❤️

I made some pretty good bread yesterday, the bread my Dad taught me to make. There's tornado watch today. If I have to go hide in the cellar, I'm taking the bread with me.

The antique yellow-and-brown iris in my front yard. I believe they've been here since the house was built, so since the early 1960s. These have a soft, sweet fragrance, lemony but faintly bitter.

At Stone Meadow Park in Wallingford VT. Restoring my soul after shelling out a pile of dough for my car's scheduled maintenance. My Merlin app has detected 14 species of birds singing here!

I spent a few hours yesterday at a local state park. It was refreshing for my soul. Saw a loon, listened to birds and the wind in the trees, watched the water ruffle under the gentle breeze.

A view down the Valley of Vermont on the warm evening of May 18, 2026. A warm and windy, beautiful evening, the raking sunlight casting blue shadows over the land cloaked in new leaves. I love Vermont!

Colorful flower pots at Walker Farm nursery in East Dummerston, VT.

On my laptop and water bottle.

Here's a small watercolor I did a few years ago of a cluster of apple blossoms.

I enjoy drawing maps of imaginary places. Here, the archipelago which is the island nation of Veresh-Odana.

I used to do a lot of drawings like this. The first one there is "Cells #4" and the second is "Sunday Baroque."

I have recently taken it up as well!

I've been looking at the stunning linocut prints of William Hays, whose talent borders on genius. He started out as a painter, then taught himself how to do reductive linocut printing. This is breathtaking stuff. www.theartistsloft.com

I just became aware that the photo did not attach. Here's attempt #2:

With 4" fresh snow on top of what had already fallen, and an ice storm due tomorrow night, I thought it would be nice to look back on a warm evening last June...

My sibs and I can't get together for Thanksgiving so I made bread to send to each of them.

An interesting old slate headstone in Sharon, VT.

The Doty Cemetery, in the woods near South Wallingford, VT, has some very interesting headstones.

Happy Beltane! New photo thread for May! Today's photo: a new of the 1787 Rockingham Meeting House in Rockingham, VT.

Today's photo: a grand old tree at Taconic Rambles State Park, Hubbardton, VT.

Today's photo: a fantastic formation of folded slate, near Glen Lake, Castleton, VT.

My sign from today.

Today's photo: trailing arbutus/Mayflower (Epigaea repens), a sweet, small and fairly uncommon wildflower.