By George Jacobi John Hankins, in the Joshua’s Trust blog, described our then new Madeline Regan Preserve in Tolland thusly: “a ridge-top trail runs along a glacial esker ridge that parallels the Connecticut Path. From the top of the ridge, you can look down 70 or 80 vertical feet into what looks to be a […]

By Irene Barnard Irises Despite a spate of snowstorms it’s clear that winter is passing. Spring is coming, and with it the sun’s rebirth after a season of darkness. Waking from winter’s deep sleep, hibernating animals stir in their dens, and so do we—even with February’s cold! New buds peek through the snow and ice, […]

by George Jacobi Sometime in mid February, winter will blink, grudgingly admitting that the longer days mean spring is winning. Despite dirty snow still banked high along roads, increased trickles of ground water rising at a benign 52 degrees will initiate ice melting in the shallowest parts of shallow ponds, bogs, and marshes. These days […]