Tag: In Our Backyard

2026 · New England · New Year 🥂 · Winter

❄☃ January ☃❄

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Sparkling Winter sunshine,
Faces all aglow
Making resolutions,
And angels in the snow ~
Steaming cups of cocoa,
A year that’s fresh and new …
All of this is magic ~
Unfolding just for you.

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2025 · Winter

Nor’Easter Winter Storm “Abraham” 2025

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The Nor’Easter “Abraham” gave us over a foot of snow last night and into the morning. Since Kevin and Sara were in Florida, my neighbor came over with his ATV plow to clean up most of our driveway. I still need to shovel the walkway, spread some sand, and clean the car in case of an emergency. We are supposed to get some ice rain tomorrow evening. In the meantime, I enjoy the beautiful view of the Winter scape. It’s definitely Winter in New England.

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2025 · Our Forest · Our Yard · Winter

First Snow of The Season 2025/2026

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First, the meteorologists mentioned 3-6 inches of snow for our area. But the weather system stayed further north. We were lucky; we got about an inch.

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2025 · Throwback Thursday

Our Garden/Yard In Early September 2021

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This evening I walked around in the yard, looking for photo material. And I was not disappointed. From Acorns to Sedum, I found quite interesting September material. Autumn makes its entrance very slowly. Today I saw that our birch tree began changing its dress from Summer green into Autumn gold. The acorns and samaras begin to drop to the ground more frequently. The hostas display their last blooms. And the sedum has a beautiful pink to show off in our wildscape garden. Since Ida’s visit, we have cooled down considerably. Autumn shouldn’t be too far away anymore.

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~ 09/03/2021 ~

2025 · Autumn · Our Forest · Our Yard

Our Yard/Forest In Early September (1)

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1) Wild Grape; 2) Wood Aster; 3) Staghorn Sumac; 4) Common Pokeweed;
5) Autumn in our Forest; 6) Staghorn Sumac; 7) Goldenrod;
8) Knotweed/Smartweed

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2025 · Throwback Thursday

Tropical Depression “Ida” ~ 2021

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A few days ago, “Ida” was a Category 4 Hurricane making landfall in Louisiana. It has weakened to a Tropical Depression and is causing a lot of rain in New England. So far, we have been on the path of “Elsa”, “Fred”, “Henri”, and “Ida” during this storm season. And we still have three months to go before the Hurricane Season 2021 is over. Well, we “enjoy” the ride Mother Nature has in store for us.

~ 09-01-2021 ~

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2025 · Our Forest · Our Yard

Our Yard/Forest In Mid-August (1)

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1) Bittersweet Nightshade; 2) Silky Dogwood; 3) Sugar Maple;
4) Sunburst; 5) Oak/Sky; 6) Our Forest

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