Although it would appear from the pictures in this post that I am campaigning to have my children appear in the next Shelburne Farms brochure, in fact it was the two of them that insisted on wearing these t-shirts this morning when they found out …
Hiking on the Long Trail with kids
August 5, 2008 2 reader comments
This is my blog, and I can brag if I want to: My baby climbed a mountain today. He walked one mile up the side of a mountain and then another mile back down. Last year Teddy was still a toddler in diapers who sat in a high chair to eat his meals. …
Conservation in all its forms: Woodstock, Vermont with kids
August 1, 2008 one reader comment
One of the reasons that I love coming to Vermont is that it is both a living place, where people continue to use the land, and a place where natural beauty has been protected and fostered for a long time. Much of it is genuinely unspoiled. How this …
A visit to the Jardins des Plantes
July 8, 2008 one reader comment
Note: Please welcome Matt, my husband and fellow traveler to The Mother of All Trips. - Mara Today I took les garcons off to play at the Jardins des Plantes, a very large public garden just around the corner from our apartment. We started …
The magic of Monet in Giverny
July 4, 2008 3 reader comments
This morning we were out of the house by 7 so that we could make an 8:15 train to Vernon, which is a few miles from Claude Monet's house and garden in Giverny. These have both been restored to look like they did during the artist's lifetime …
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