The past several weeks I’ve noticed beautiful Monarch Butterflies floating around when I am driving and often see them drinking nectar from the butterfly bush outside my window. This time of year is when the Monarch Butterflies (the only species of butterfly that has a two-way migration like birds!) start their Fall journey south to […]
Early North American colonial settlers were the first documented people in New England to hunt whales for their baleen plates and oil. The whale’s keratin-based baleen plates were used to make tools, buggy whips, and corset stays, while their blubber was boiled down to make oil for candles and soap. In the 1800s, New Bedford […]
For years I have been wanting to visit Sleepy Hollow, New York around Halloween. When I started planning the trip I found so many other awesome things to do and see in that part of the Hudson River Valley. I was thrilled to discover that the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture was just 5 minutes away from Sleepy Hollow, […]