A Strange Year For Bird Feeding
I cut back on my bird feeding last week as my visitors have dwindled to a handful of species.I am still putting out enough to keep those birds coming back and happy, but I retired…
Month: June 2020
Inside This Week’s Weirs Times – July 2, 2020
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Raising Something For The 4th The Cost And The Celebration -Part 2
IMAGE: As we celebrate America’s Independence on The Fourth Of July, Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr., reminds us that even though the Declaration Of Independence was signed on that day in 1776, America was also at…
UN Security Council Musical Chairs
It’s one of those Rites of late Spring when members of the UN’s General Assembly come together to choose five new non-permanent members of the fifteen-member Security Council. But what’s usually a spirited but pro-forma…
NH Boat Museum To Open July 1st
WOLFEBORO – On Wednesday, July 1, the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) will open its doors for the 2020 season.“We are thrilled to open and look forward to a wonderful summer,” said NHBM Executive Director…
What’s In A Name?
PHOTO: An eft works its way through the woods of New England. Photo by Chris Bosak To err is human and I am about as human as they come.Of course, no one is perfect and…
Shed Mountain Ale
Enjoying summer fun and activities associated with it is a tradition in the Lakes Region. Boating, water skiing, swimming, hiking and taking drives on hot days are commonalities. And since we are still in the…
Inside This Week’s Weirs Times – June 25, 2020
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More Summer Birds
It is now officially the summer season, and with that arrives the summer birds once again.I have written before about such birds as the Gawking Slowpoke, The Big Bellied Loudmouth, The Thin-Legged Longwalker, The Jewel…
Raising Something For The 4th – The Cost And The Celebration -Part 1
PHOTO: A Solider in The NH Second Regiment – 1777. Seventy-six years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence a couple of boys wanted to find a way to raise something “for the Fourth.”These…
Weirs Times Summer Fun Guide Out Now!
It’s been a long, strange trip since March, but now summer is here in New Hampshire and The Lakes Region.The “Summer Fun” seasonal feature section that the Weirs Times has published since 2012 has grown…
New Hampton’s Kelley-Drake Conservation Area – Finding Nature & History
PHOTO: Amy’s hiking adventure ends with some paddling on Kelley Pond. Learn about places to put your canoe or kayak in the water at New Hampshire Fish & Game website: https://wildlife.state.nh.us/maps/boatfish/index.html or just Google: NH…
Sound Of Birds At Dawn
PHOTO: An American robin perches in a tree in New England, June 2020. Merganser Lake. Photo by Chris Bosak Late spring/early summer is a great time to sleep outdoors. I’m lucky enough to have a…
Wright Museum of WWII In Wolfeboro To Open For Season On Monday, June 22nd
PHOTO: Wright Museum Curator Justin Gamache prepares photos for the “Vietnam: The Real War” at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro. WOLFEBORO — On Monday, June 22, the Wright Museum of WWII in Wolfeboro, NH will…
West Landaff Versus East Landaff – The Bunga Road Controversy
PHOTO: The old “Peg Mill” at East Landaff where the meeting to approve the building of the Bunga Road was made. When one group of people want to do something there is usually another group…