Sandwich Fair 2012

Sandwich Fair Sandwich fair is a family tradition for most people in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.  For one, you put aside all your dietary fiber and whatever else you’ve been grazing on all year to get some heavy hitting, carnivorous bites; washed down with artery clogging greese and the thickest syrup drink you […]

Sandwich Fair

2011 Sandwich Fair The blooming onion tent was the fourth one down on the left from the barn, just after the fresh squeezed lemonade stand.   Photo taken from the top of the ferris wheel.   The onion didn’t last long enough for me to take a picture. By Jeremy Osgood Author and Photographer Visit my photo […]

Maybelle the Cow/Dog

Maybelle is a cow that thinks she's a dog.  When you come close she starts running back and forth waggin' her tail with vigor.   She loves a good treat and she swoons to be rubbed, especially behind the ears and under the chin.   If you're not giving her proper attention she'll put a good 200lb […]

Berry Picking

  There are few things in the growing season we enjoy more than in-season berries and stocking a freezer full for the winter.   This batch of strawberries came from a pick-your-own farm over in Farmington, NH.  Yesterday we went to a mountaintop full of wild blueberries.  The wild berries are much smaller and slower to […]

Panorama of Squam Lake

The West Rattlesnake Mountain Hike in Holderness is probably one of the top 3 kid-friendly hikes in the Lakes Region of NH.  Here is a two photo pan from the rocky summit.  The hike is only about 1 mile and it provides a great first experience for kids that want an adventure with an eye-popping […]

Zeus World Record Horse

So we hiked up to Castle and The Clouds looking for a pony ride for our daughters and we were told that Zeus will be out shortly for them to ride.  Well, it turns out the cute pony "Zeus" was just measured by Guinness World Records as the tallest and heaviest horse in the world.  The […]

Luscious Blueberries

  Plump, sweet and abundant…go get some!  Ridge Runner Farm, New Durham.  Just don't try and go on a Monday.  "Look Daddy…As big as apple!"  http://www.b2byellowpages.com/company-information/88681946-ridge-runners-farm.html

Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm

This past weekend Remick Farm in Tamworth hosted its annual Maple Sugaring Event.   The farm is open year round and highlights and preserves the agricultural way of life and medical practice of the country doctor.  It's an interesting place for both kids adults.  Besides petting the farm animals, my daughter said learning how maple syrup was made was really cool.  Here's […]

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