When I was a boy, about 7 or 8 years old, our family sometimes picnicked at a rest area along Route 7 in New Ashford. Behind the picnic area back then lay a hillside meadow where I would chase butterflies and grasshoppers about for hours at a time. The hill is […]
Read articleNatural history in the Berkshires is diverse, where in the marble valleys between the Taconics and the Green Mountains shelter many plants and animals.
Catching Azaleas in full blow at Pittsfield State Forest — BTW column
I haven’t caught the time exactly right in years, but on Friday the whole hillside was in bloom. The azaleas are open in Pittsfield State Forest, where the Taconic Crest Trail crosses the ridge above berry pond. You can walk through, but I drove up in the afternoon. You wind up […]
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