I distinctly remember my mother reading the Little House books to my sister and me before bed, over a longish period of time, as we got them from the library. It was before fourth grade, because it was in our original Portland house. There are only a few books I remember from that bedtime reading […]
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The botanic garden also has a fantastic conservatory, which just kept going, and going, and going. There was an orchid room, and a fern room, and a begonia room, and a Spanish hacienda garden, and a bonsai room. And more. I really enjoyed our visit there, and absolutely must go back, because
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I need to give a special mention to this hawkweed – it was wedged into a crack on the wall just below the balcony of my ninth floor hotel room in Montreal. This should be the picture dictionary definition of a plant generalist.
On Saturday (6/17), we headed out to the botanical garden, which was an easy subway ride from our hotel. The place is huge – there’s also an insectarium and a biodome you can visit – I don’t know how people do it. We managed maybe a quarter of the outside gardens, and
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Actual picture date: 6/15/17. These pictures were taken on the side of route 302, somewhere on the more eastern side of Vermont. Because we have apparently become those people that will pull over to take pictures. (Though only when there’s really no traffic. We do have some standards.)
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Locations: Lower Falls, Rocky Gorge, and the CL Graham scenic overlook. Actual picture date: 6/15/17.
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This garden was a really cool find – it’s attached to the Chateau Ramezay Museum and Historic site, but had free access. It’s set up with sections reminiscent of an earlier 18th century garden in New France. There’s a potager, an orchard and ornamental sections. I was so excited to see this – it’s
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Here’s where the vacation became international – on Friday morning, we headed up to Montreal. (It’s an easy two hour drive from Burlington. What ended up not being easy was finding our hotel, since they’re rebuilding the main bridge over the St. Lawrence, and the road closures are epic, and random.) We stayed
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We ended the first day in Burlington, Vermont. After a fantastic dinner at the Farmhouse Tap and Grill (which used to be the McDonald’s that BF depended on for quick food during his college radio dj days), we wandered down to the waterfront of Lake Champlain, where we promptly saw a random beaver swimming
