A Picture, a Day

Skywatch Friday

2009-12-31T22:45:00.003-05:00

365/365: Happy New Year, Skywatchers!

Year in Review

2009-12-30T11:01:00.001-05:00

364/365: A few favorites from 2009

2009-12-20T15:48:00.001-05:00

354/365

2009-12-18T22:06:00.000-05:00

352/365

Skywatch Friday

2009-12-17T09:45:00.001-05:00

351/365: Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard. For more skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

2009-12-14T10:05:00.000-05:00

348/365

2009-12-12T09:14:00.000-05:00

346/365: climbing hydrangea and sweet autumn clematis in winter.

Skywatch Friday

2009-12-10T14:38:00.003-05:00

344/365: A December sunrise in Litchfield, Connecticut. For more skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

2009-12-09T08:52:00.000-05:00

343/365: A scene inside The Christmas House, Torrington CT

First Snow

2009-12-07T12:42:00.001-05:00

341/365: The first snowfall of the year, 12~5~09.

The Christmas House

2009-12-04T08:38:00.001-05:00

338/365: Ron Merriman's Christmas House in Torrington, Connecticut.

Skywatch Friday

2009-12-03T10:30:00.000-05:00

337/365: Morning in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. For more skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

Skywatch Friday

2009-11-19T12:19:00.002-05:00

323/365: A monochromatic sunset, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. For more skies from around the world, visit Skywatch Friday.

2009-11-13T12:44:00.003-05:00

317/365: Deb and Bono, Vegas 2009.

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

2009-11-12T13:20:00.005-05:00

316/365: Menemsha Harbor, Martha's Vineyard, 2009. You can still imagine the Orca setting sail from here, as it did during the filming of Jaws in 1975. For more skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

2009-11-11T12:51:00.001-05:00

315/365: Equine neighbors in Litchfield, Connecticut.

2009-11-10T12:47:00.000-05:00

314/365: The last bouquet from the garden, picked in October: fuschia, dahlia, aconitum, marigolds, chleone, Shasta daisy, and buddleia.

2009-11-09T12:41:00.000-05:00

313/365: Putting the cars away for winter.

Riley

2009-11-08T18:23:00.003-05:00

312/365: A great fringe benefit of being a gardener is that I'm usually kept company by a dog or two, like this handsome fellow who resides in Cornwall, Connecticut. He supervised while I planted 100 Oriental lilies along the stone wall behind him.

2009-11-07T08:47:00.000-05:00

311/365: When Maggie and Truman want to go to their happy place, we take them to the Southbury Dog Park.

Happy Birthday, Shadow

2009-11-06T08:42:00.002-05:00

310/365: Maggie and Truman helped Shadow celebrate his 10th birthday last week with Milk Bones and Frosty Paws at Black Rock.

Skywatch Friday

2009-11-05T10:32:00.002-05:00

309/365: Sunset over Tisbury Great Pond, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. For more beautiful skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

Cold Frame

2009-11-04T19:24:00.002-05:00

308/365: Arugula, kale, lettuce, rosemary, cilantro, parsley, beet greens, and Swiss chard still growing strong in our Litchfield garden.

Paper Boy

2009-11-03T07:42:00.000-05:00

307/365: Good dog, Truman.

Envy

2009-11-02T13:06:00.000-05:00

306/365: Zinnia 'Envy' in our garden, 2008.

The Lewis Camp

2009-11-01T11:19:00.003-05:00

305/365: The main house in a classic Martha's Vineyard "camp" on Tisbury Great Pond, September 2009.

Monarch

2009-10-31T18:01:00.002-04:00

304/365: A migrating monarch on our buddleia davidii.

Chappaquiddick

2009-10-30T12:00:00.000-04:00

303/365: A desolate stretch of sand on Wasque Point.

Menemsha

2009-10-29T12:03:00.000-04:00

302/365: Part of the commercial fleet in Menemsha Harbor, Chilmark, Massachusetts.

Deep Bottom Cove

2009-10-28T12:06:00.000-04:00

301/365: A Martha's Vineyard sunset.

Lobsterville

2009-10-27T12:08:00.000-04:00

300/365: A late-summer storm blowing across Lobsterville Beach, September 2009.

Menemsha

2009-10-26T12:12:00.000-04:00

299/365: The scene behind The Galley, which makes the island's best clam chowder. They ladle it out of a huge bubbling cauldron behind a take-out window and you eat it while sitting on rocks overlooking the harbor.

Long Point

2009-10-25T12:20:00.000-04:00

298/365: A walking path along Tisbury Great Pond at the Long Point Reservation.

South Beach

2009-10-24T12:24:00.000-04:00

297/365: Off-season solitude at the Long Point Reservation, West Tisbury, Massachusetts.

2009-10-23T12:26:00.000-04:00

296/365: Dinnertime at the Lewis Camp, West Tisbury, Massachusetts.

2009-10-22T12:29:00.000-04:00

295/365: The Lewis camp.

Aquinnah

2009-10-21T12:33:00.000-04:00

294/365: The clay cliffs below the Aquinnah lighthouse.

2009-10-20T12:35:00.001-04:00

293/365: A tribute found propped on the mantle.

2009-10-19T12:40:00.000-04:00

292/365: Cocktail hour at the Camp, September 2009.

Chappy Bound

2009-10-18T12:50:00.000-04:00

291/365: Catching the On Time ferry to Chappaquiddick.

Skywatch Friday

2009-09-03T20:15:00.003-04:00

246/365: Power lines stretching across a July sky. For more skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

2009-09-02T20:11:00.000-04:00

245/365: Dahlia and bees.

2009-09-01T20:08:00.000-04:00

244/365: Sunflower.

2009-08-31T20:03:00.000-04:00

243/365: An early morning spider web.

2009-08-30T20:00:00.000-04:00

242/365: Another view.

2009-08-29T07:12:00.000-04:00

241/365: Truman lending a hand.

2009-08-28T07:10:00.000-04:00

240/365: An August bouquet from the garden.

Skywatch Friday

2009-08-27T20:21:00.002-04:00

239/365: Heading home from a predawn row on Bantam Lake, Litchfield, Connecticut. For more skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

2009-08-26T20:13:00.002-04:00

238/365: Waterbury SWAT, one of 37 teams doing the hostage rescue event in the Connecticut SWAT Challenge, August 2009.

2009-08-25T20:11:00.000-04:00

237/365: Done.

2009-08-24T20:08:00.000-04:00

236/365: On deck.

2009-08-23T20:04:00.002-04:00

235/365: Brian briefing the state police team before the hostage rescue event.

2009-08-22T07:24:00.000-04:00

234/365: Maggie.

Baird's

2009-08-21T07:19:00.001-04:00

233/365: The general store is up there with the covered bridge as a classic New England icon; this one, in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut, is a popular stop with thru-hikers on the nearby Appalachian Trail.

Skywatch Friday

2009-08-20T07:21:00.004-04:00

232/365: A cornfield in the Northeast Kingdom, Craftsbury Common, Vermont. For more skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

Truman

2009-08-19T17:08:00.001-04:00

231/365: Can someone help me, please?

D2R2

2009-08-18T20:51:00.011-04:00

230/365: The Deerfield Dirt Road Randonnee, aka D2R2, was hands down the hardest ride I've done. Ever. The 7,780 feet of climbing on the 100K route was as relentless as the near-record heat. But Brian says I finished with a smile on my face, so I guess that means I'll do it again.

Sunrise

2009-08-17T21:17:00.003-04:00

229/365: Heading home after a nice session on the water.

2009-08-16T08:18:00.000-04:00

228/365: Sunrise over North Bay, Bantam Lake

2009-08-15T08:16:00.000-04:00

227/365: White Memorial and the Bantam River inlet off starboard.

2009-08-14T08:14:00.002-04:00

226/365: Deb and George warming up in the Filippi, 5.20 am.

2009-08-13T08:12:00.000-04:00

225/365: Marigolds and summer squash.

2009-08-12T08:09:00.000-04:00

224/365: Monarda, dahlias, and coreopsis

2009-08-11T08:07:00.000-04:00

223/365: A classic sunflower

2009-08-10T08:05:00.000-04:00

222/365: Scarlet runner beans.

2009-08-09T08:03:00.000-04:00

221/365: nasturtium 'Empress of India'

2009-08-08T08:00:00.000-04:00

220/365: A Northeast Kingdom farmer, Craftsbury Common, Vermont.

2009-08-07T07:56:00.000-04:00

219/365: Politics on parade.

2009-08-06T07:54:00.001-04:00

218/365: Not sure what this was about.

2009-08-05T07:52:00.000-04:00

217/365: Parading down Main Street, Craftsbury Common, Vermont.

2009-08-04T07:49:00.000-04:00

216/365: Preparing for the parade, Craftsbury Common, Vermont.

2009-08-03T21:15:00.000-04:00

215/365: Echinacea 'Magnus'

2009-08-02T21:12:00.000-04:00

214/365: Artichoke

2009-08-01T21:10:00.000-04:00

213/365: Echinacea 'Magnus'

The River That Flows Both Ways

2009-07-31T10:08:00.001-04:00

212/365: Art along the High Line, Manhattan.

Skywatch Friday

2009-07-30T07:30:00.002-04:00

211/365: The Empire State Building piercing the sky above Manhattan. For more skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

2009-07-29T09:44:00.001-04:00

210/365: Echinacea and hyssop along the High Line, New York.

2009-07-28T09:30:00.002-04:00

209/365: Graffitti high above 18th Street, New York.

2009-07-27T21:19:00.001-04:00

208/365: An angel in Chelsea.

2009-07-26T21:14:00.002-04:00

207/365: Joe-Pye Weed and Black-Eyed Susans along the High Line, Chelsea.

Tom Cat Bakery

2009-07-25T21:11:00.000-04:00

206/365: Navigating the Meatpacking District.

The High Line

2009-07-24T21:02:00.002-04:00

205/365: An old freight railway is New York City's newest park above Manhattan's West Side. Learn more about the High Line here.

2009-07-23T20:58:00.001-04:00

204/365: Getting rid of Lisa's stuff, Brooklyn, New York.

2009-07-22T15:38:00.000-04:00

203/365: Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'

2009-07-21T15:36:00.000-04:00

202/365: A midsummer sampler.

2009-07-20T15:43:00.000-04:00

201/365: Truman.

2009-07-19T15:40:00.000-04:00

200/365: Truman sitting one out.

2009-07-18T15:39:00.000-04:00

199/365: Ruthie.

2009-07-17T15:37:00.000-04:00

198/365: Following the ball into Bantam Lake.

Skywatch Friday

2009-07-16T16:58:00.004-04:00

197/365: Rowing through the sunrise, July 2009. For more skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

2009-07-15T16:56:00.000-04:00

196/365: Gooseneck Loosestrife.

2009-07-14T16:54:00.000-04:00

195/365: Dahlia.

2009-07-13T16:52:00.000-04:00

194/365: Campanula.

2009-07-12T16:50:00.000-04:00

193/365: Fuschia.

2009-07-11T23:13:00.000-04:00

192/365: Siamese squash in the veggie garden.

Peace

2009-07-10T23:10:00.000-04:00

191/365: Standing sentry in Blue's memorial garden.

Second Clutch

2009-07-09T08:33:00.000-04:00

190/365: More baby robins in the hemlock.

Truman

2009-07-08T08:28:00.000-04:00

189/365: Napping with Teddy.

Early Summer Veggies

2009-07-07T08:25:00.000-04:00

188/365: Mesclun, snap peas, beet greens, Swiss chard, kale, and herbs are ready.

Clematis

2009-07-06T08:21:00.000-04:00

187/365: Clematis Jackmanii