Published October 29, 2015 Flaming Leaves When I was young I spent summers in Lake Placid, where my mom played in the Sinfonietta. Sometimes we would go back […]
Published April 30, 2020 Mayapple Flowers Mayapple Flowers- The first sign of mayapples are the leaves that rise up like closed umbrellas, and as they open it appears […]
Published September 13, 2015 Looking Glass Falls This falls is named for nearby Looking Glass Rock, a massive monolith almost 4000 feet tall named for the way its granite […]
Published May 3, 2016 Abundant Azaleas I am named for my father’s sister, Ruth Happel Smiley, who for most of her life worked on the gardens at Mohonk […]