A snowstorm transforms downtown historic Lebanon, New Hampshire at daybreak into a storybook New England Christmas scene.
Wassail Weekend brings a smile to folks of all ages. Woodstock village is decked for the season in wreaths, garland, and lights. Visitors enjoy historic tours, carriage rides, productions and caroling, artisan fairs, visits with Santa, the equestrian parade, and lighting of the yule log (bonfire), memory tree, and luminaries.
Celebrate the Season in Hanover, New Hampshire with this festive, holiday celebration. Hanover and Upper Valley residents take part in an annual tradition that brings the community together to shop, dine, visit with Santa and his helpers, and stare in awe as the enormous tree is lit in the center of the Dartmouth Green.
Christmas in New England is a magical time full of nostalgia and winter beauty. Here are a handful of beautiful light displays to see this Christmas in New England—the New Hampshire and Vermont edition.
A list of the best holiday events happening in the Upper Valley that you should pencil into your calendar now.
One snowy evening I drove out to Woodstock to see the glowing village under a blanket of fresh fallen snow.
A collection of images of Hanover, New Hampshire in winter. The tree is lit on the Dartmouth Green. December 14, 2018 Annual Hanover Night winter festivities and tree lighting on Dartmouth Green. December 14, 2018 Double exposure. Baker Tower. December 14, 2018 The campus is coated in fresh snow. February 5, 2018 Elm of Dartmouth. January 9, 2018 November 28, 2018 Faces in the window at Lou’s. November 28, 2018 Kissing balls hang outside Ledyard National Bank. November 28, 2018 Glitter in the windows at Von Bargen’s. December 15, 2017 Christmas trees in front of The Hanover Inn. December 15, 2017 Pine, The Hanover Inn, December 15, 2017 Evergreen boughs and red berries fill the window boxes of shops on Main Street in Hanover, New Hampshire. December 15, 2017 Wreath and lanterns at Lou’s. December 15, 2017 Wreaths hang on the windows of the Hanover Inn. December 15, 2017 Ice…
The morning light shines through our picture window turning everything to gold. I miss many things about our old house in Bradford, Vermont. I miss the wide pine floors. The small details. The tiny hallway between the kitchen and dining room. I placed wrought iron candleholders on both sides to create a warm transition between the rooms. I miss the foyer and stairway leading up to the second floor with its lovely built-ins. My books live in boxes now in our basement. (But now we have a basement dry enough to store things in!) Oh, the way everything bloomed at once on Mother’s Day! I miss its vintage charm, and how well-suited it was for holiday decorating. Alas, we moved. There are some wonderful things about our current home, too. One built in the 80s with more flat surfaces and square angles than charm, but a good school district, a…
A trip to the 16th Annual Gingerbread festival in Norwich, Vermont leads to an artful session of gingerbread house assembly at home.
Vermonting in Woodstock during Wassail Weekend and touring backroads on the trek home to New Hampshire.