Scenes from Western Massachusetts
We hopped back and forth between N.Y. and Mass. as we headed north, then swung back through Mass. as we headed south from Vermont. First up was the Berkshire Botanical Garden, which I was honestly …
Scenes from Central and Eastern Vermont
We did a four-mile hike at Little River State Park in Waterbury, Vt., which featured the remains of an 1800s farming community. For the most part, all that was left of the town were cellars, …
Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory
The Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory in South Deerfield, Mass., has thousands of butterflies and moths inside their 8,000 square foot conservatory. Sincee butterflies and moths like plants and flowers, there’s lots of that to see, …
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
In 1871, Horace Fairbanks presented the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum to the town of St. Johnsbury, Vt. Two years later, he added an Art Gallery to the main building. This is a beautiful French Second Empire …
Architecture / Art / Flowers / Museums
The Shelburne Museum, Part 3
This is our third and last post on the Shelburne Museum (see Part 1 and Part 2). The parents of the Museum’s founder were collectors of French Impressionist masterpieces. It is amusing to think how …
Architecture / Art / History / Museums
The Shelburne Museum, Part 2
Continuing on with our tour of the crazy-fabulous Shelburne Museum (see here for Part 1), we came up the Pet Friendly The Art of Stephen Huneck exhibit. As we walked in I thought, “something about …
The Shelburne Museum, Part 1
The Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vt., almost defies description. It is certainly not what you’d expect in the traditional sense of a “museum.” Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888-1960) was a pioneering collector of American folk art. …
Dog Chapel, Dog Mountain, and the Stephen Huneck Gallery
Stephen Huneck was a self-taught American artist known for wood carving, furniture making, painting, and writing children’s books. Over his lifetime, he wrote 10 books inspired by his black Lab, Sally, all illustrated with his …
Salem Art Works
Salem Art Works (S.A.W.) in upstate Salem, N.Y., was founded by artist Anthony Cafritz in 2005 not only as an outdoor sculpture park, but also as an “art farm” — a space where creativity of …
Scenes from Western Vermont
Wilson Alwyn Bentley (1865–1931) was an American farmer known for his photography, but not of the usual subjects. Instead, he was the first person to take detailed photographs of snowflakes and record their features. He …