City Daily Photo Theme Day: Yellow

Maple Open House Weekend: Sugarbush Farm Set
Maple Open House in Woodstock
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Maple Open House Weekend in Woodstock

I always find a new sugar house to visit on Vermont's Maple Open House Weekend. This past weekend, John and I went to Sugarbush Farm in Woodstock. Instead of photographing the sugar production, I found this abandoned sugar house. Far in the background you can see the pile of firewood taken from the forest to fire the evaporator.

Sugarbush Farm:

550 acres Settled in 1774 Present family arrived in 1945 Elevation: 1102 ft (335.9 meters) Most snow in one year: 120 inches (305 cm) Coldest night: -43°F (-42°C) Number of maple trees tapped: 7000

Maple Open House Weekend: Sugarbush Farm Set

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Shaker Dormitory

The tree seen in First Sap.
Shaker Village Set

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Shaker Barn

Shaker Village Set

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First Sap

Shaker Village, Enfield, New Hampshire on Saturday, March 21, 2009
Shaker Village Set

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Sunday Spire: First Baptist Church, New London, NH

Taken March 8, 2009
Wilmot, NH Set

Sunday Spire

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Little Sunapee Lake, New Hampshire

New London, New Hampshire
Ice isn't out — ice fishing was going on in another bay unseen here.
Little Sunapee Lake Set

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Sunday Spire: First Congregational Church, Wilmot, New Hampshire

Sunday Spire

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Wheeler Mountain

Wheeler Mountain as seen from Route 5A on the eastern shore of Lake Willoughby.
Wheeler Mountain Set

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Mount Pisgah

Mount Pisgan on the east side of Willoughby Lake is where the peregrine falcons nest in the spring. This photo was taken just after I took the Mount Hor photo last weekend. I did not move except for swinging the camera left for Hor and right for Pisgah.

Willoughby Lake Set

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Mount Hor

Mount Hor is on the west side of Willoughby Lake. When you climb to the ridge and look west you can see country that is seldom seen in the valley because it is wild and mountainous. The ice fishing is still going on until the last weekend of March. The lake was crowded with trucks, cars and people.

Willoughby Lake Set

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Today's Little Redpoll

Common Redpoll Set

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Sign of Spring: Barn Roof Snow

Signs of Spring Set

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Two Young Does

As J and I drove home from Charleston yesterday afternoon, J pointed out these two one- or two-year old does in a pasture in Barton. He steered as I carefully shot the pair through the windshield and open window. Jay Peak is in the background and the emerging thatch is in the foreground.

Whitetail Deer Set

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Full Sap Moon II

Driving to school, I captured the March full moon over the Barton River and the hills.
Moon Set

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May Brook

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Beaver Dam 5

As May Brook flows from May Pond to Crystal Lake, I personally know of five beaver dams that have been built on the brook. This is Dam 5 just below my house. This is the site of an old mill, with the mill house and cement dam. The beaver have built their dam on top of the human dam. You can see the dam to the right of the mill house (it is a large pile of sticks).

Beaver Set

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Ice Cliffs on I-91

School was canceled on Wednesday, March 11 because we had a small ice storm. Later in the day, Matt and I went to St. Johnsbury to run some errands and do some shopping. On the way home on Interestate 91 northbound, we stopped to photograph the ice cliffs. One of the signs of spring (ironically) are these beautiful sheets of ice on the rock cuts on the roads. Below is a section of the ice that you see above.


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Sunday Spire: First Baptist Church, Wilmot, NH

I wandered far from the Northeast Kingdom for this Sunday Spire. In the Wilmot area of New Hampshire I found many Baptist churches that looked, on the outside, like Congregational churches. I have not seen this before in New England.

Sunday Spire

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Full Sap Moon

photo by Matt

March's full moon is called the Full Sap Moon because it "marks the time when maple sap begins to flow and the annual tapping of maple trees begins." It is also called the Full Worm Moon: "At the time of this spring Moon, the ground begins to soften and earthworm casts reappear, inviting the return of robins." (source: Old Farmer's Almanac)

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A Little Redpoll

Common Redpoll Set

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Black-capped Chickadee Eye

Black-capped Chickadee Set on Flickr

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Mourning Dove Eyes

Mourning Dove Set on Flickr

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