• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Rosslyn Redux

Reawakening a home, a dream and ourselves

Menu
  • Home
  • Explore
      • Themes
        • Wanderlust to Houselust – Why in the the world did I swap globetrotting for roots and rural renovation?
        • Archeology of Home – What the heck is “home” (and why do we suspend rational decision-making when it comes to our homes?)
        • Rehab Ad Infinitum – Resisting—and finally accepting—the fact that revitalizing our home and ourselves has no finish line.
        • Redacting Rosslyn – Less of a theme and more of a catch-all, this is a meta look at DIY-ing our renovation project (and this storytelling project).
        • Houselust to Wonderlust – Journeying from myopic nesting to wonder-fueled nomadism, from “helicopter homeownership” to seasonal migration and vagabonding…
        • Close
      • Topics
        • Lake Champlain (123)
        • William Daniel Ross (83)
        • Seasons (77)
        • Icehouse (76)
        • Seasonality (72)
        • Essex New York (68)
        • Boathouse (66)
        • Artifacts (63)
        • Poetry (61)
        • Icehouse Rehabilitation (60)
        • Daily Munge (56)
        • Winter (49)
        • Haiku (49)
        • Lifestyle (48)
        • Champlain Valley (45)
        • Essex on Lake Champlain (42)
        • Historic Rehabilitation (40)
        • Adirondacks (39)
        • Themes (38)
        • Wildlife (38)
        • Historic Essex (37)
        • Poetics of Place (35)
        • Hroth Ottosen (34)
        • Summer (33)
        • Gardening (32)
        • Where's Rosslyn? (31)
        • Rosslyn boathouse (31)
        • Historic Home (30)
        • Spring (30)
        • Nature (30)
        • Micropoem (30)
        • Susan Bacot-Davis (29)
        • Repurpose (29)
        • Pam Murphy (29)
        • What's Rosslyn? (27)
        • Autumn (27)
        • Organic Gardening (27)
        • Tony Foster (26)
        • Rosslyn (24)
        • Vegetable Garden (21)
        • Transformation (21)
        • Labrador Retriever (20)
        • Adaptive Reuse (20)
        • Carriage Barn (19)
        • New York City (19)
        • Griffin (19)
        • Art (19)
        • Rehabilitation (19)
        • Artist (18)
        • Wildlife Camera (18)
        • Orchard (17)
        • Rosslyn Safari (17)
        • Sherwood Inn (16)
        • Adirondack Coast (16)
        • North Country (15)
        • Carley (15)
        • Boathouse Gangway (15)
        • Peter Vaiciulis (15)
        • Flood (14)
        • Manhattan (14)
        • Flower (14)
        • Eric Crowningshield (14)
        • Adirondack Mountains (13)
        • Dock House (13)
        • Old Dock Restaurant (13)
        • Renovation (13)
        • Thanksgiving (13)
        • Fruit and Vegetable (13)
        • Holidays (13)
        • The Poetics of Space (13)
        • Lake Champlain Boathouses (13)
        • Gardens (12)
        • New York (12)
        • Justin Buck (12)
        • John Davis (12)
        • Homestead (12)
        • Crowdsourcing (12)
        • Liminality (12)
        • Transition (12)
        • Sia Supi Havosi (12)
        • Doug Decker (11)
        • Essex-Charlotte ferry (11)
        • Music (11)
        • Matt Sayward (11)
        • Vermont (11)
        • Pruning (11)
        • Rosslyn artifacts (11)
        • Painting (11)
        • ADK Oasis (11)
        • Santa Fe (11)
        • 19th Century (10)
        • Adirondack Chair (10)
        • Barns (10)
        • Tasha (10)
        • Waterfront (10)
        • Fruit Tree (10)
        • Rehab (10)
        • Melissa Davis (10)
        • Snow (10)
        • Holistic Orchard (10)
        • Holistic Orcharding (10)
        • House (10)
        • Full and By Farm (9)
        • Storytelling (9)
        • Organic Orchard (9)
        • Hyperlocal (9)
        • Dining Room (9)
        • Watercolor (9)
        • Yesteryear (9)
        • ECHO (9)
        • Essex Community Heritage Organization (9)
        • Parlor (9)
        • Essex Boathouses (9)
        • Carpentry (9)
        • Liminal Space (9)
        • Tiho Dimitrov (9)
        • Reimagination (9)
        • Building Materials (9)
        • Sanctuary (9)
        • March (9)
        • Creative Risk (9)
        • ADK Oasis Lakeside (9)
        • Reawakening (9)
        • Boquet River (8)
        • Farmhouse (8)
        • Hyde Gate (8)
        • Paris (8)
        • Jarrett Cruikshank (8)
        • Reinvent (8)
        • Rock Harbor (8)
        • Video (8)
        • Westport New York (8)
        • Christmas (8)
        • Frost (8)
        • Jason McNulty (8)
        • Begg’s Point (8)
        • Dilapidated (8)
        • Rewilding (8)
        • Upcycle (8)
        • Wonder (8)
        • Eastern Coyote (8)
        • George McNulty (8)
        • Wabi-sabi (8)
        • Entrance (8)
        • Garapa (8)
        • ADK Oasis Highlawn (8)
        • Tumbledown (8)
        • ZIP System (8)
        • Wildlife Steward (8)
        • Texture (8)
        • Asparagus (7)
        • Green Mountains (7)
        • Kestrel (7)
        • Montreal Canada (7)
        • Essex Waterfront (7)
        • Snowshoeing (7)
        • Andrew Roberts (7)
        • Sunrise (7)
        • The Farm (7)
        • Water Level (7)
        • Whallons Bay (7)
        • Willsboro New York (7)
        • Foundation (7)
        • Apple Tree (7)
        • Amy Guglielmo (7)
        • Home (7)
        • Begg’s Park (7)
        • Vintage Postcard (7)
        • French Breakfast Radish (7)
        • Wildlife Sanctuary (7)
        • Morning Room (7)
        • North Porch (7)
        • Jacob Sawitski (7)
        • Library Brook (7)
        • Decking (7)
        • Old House New Home (7)
        • Meadows (6)
        • Live (6)
        • Albany, New York (6)
        • France (6)
        • Hickory Hill (6)
        • History (6)
        • Ephemera (6)
        • Bob Kaleita (6)
        • Skiing (6)
        • Vintage (6)
        • Wadhams New York (6)
        • Weather (6)
        • Stone Walls (6)
        • Adirondack High Peaks (6)
        • Greek Revival Architecture (6)
        • Merchant Row (6)
        • Daylily (6)
        • Hemerocallis (6)
        • Postcard (6)
        • Bald Eagle (6)
        • Cooking (6)
        • Green Home (6)
        • Essex (6)
        • Essex Horse Nail Company (6)
        • Cross-country Skiing (6)
        • Blood’s Bay (6)
        • Illustration (6)
        • Morning (6)
        • Hallway (6)
        • Architectural Salvage (6)
        • Clapboard (6)
        • Collaboration (6)
        • Mooring (6)
        • Adventure (5)
        • Architecture (5)
        • Ferry (5)
        • Homeport (5)
        • Margaux Project (5)
        • January (5)
        • Vegetable (5)
        • Gator (5)
        • Peach (5)
        • Snake (5)
        • Timber Rattlesnake (5)
        • Crotalus Horridus (5)
        • Rosslyn Gardens (5)
        • Architectural Heritage (5)
        • Carriage House (5)
        • Ducks (5)
        • Reuse (5)
        • Catherine Seidenberg (5)
        • Lake Champlain Transportation Company (5)
        • Todd Goff (5)
        • Notion of Home (5)
        • Trail Camera (5)
        • Montage (5)
        • Adirondack Foothills (5)
        • Deconstruction (5)
        • Historic Preservation (5)
        • Flux (5)
        • Chazy and Trenton Limestone (5)
        • Scott Brayden (5)
        • Poppy (5)
        • Pandemic (5)
        • Ed Conlin (5)
        • Garapa Decking (5)
        • Deck (5)
        • Re-decking (5)
        • Brandon Dumas (5)
        • Brainstorm (5)
        • Maison Margaux (5)
        • Singing Underneath (5)
        • New Year’s Eve (5)
        • Windows (5)
        • Pollyanna (5)
        • Tiling (5)
        • Bonfire (5)
        • Cuore Di Bue (4)
        • Garden (4)
        • Hammock (4)
        • Interstices (4)
        • Kitchen Garden (4)
        • Lake Champlain Floods (4)
        • Mallard (4)
        • Maple Syrup (4)
        • Jason Lautenschuet (4)
        • Rome (4)
        • The Depot Theatre (4)
        • Tom Duca (4)
        • Excavation (4)
        • Depot Theatre (4)
        • Cucumber (4)
        • Fall Foliage (4)
        • Instagram (4)
        • Imperial Star Artichokes (4)
        • Preservation by Neglect (4)
        • The Sherwood Inn (4)
        • Tomato (4)
        • Artichoke (4)
        • Plumbing (4)
        • Natural Health (4)
        • Federal Architecture (4)
        • Wadhams Mills (4)
        • Bobcat (4)
        • Radish (4)
        • Tanglefoot (4)
        • Kevin Boyle (4)
        • William D. Ross (4)
        • Eastlake (4)
        • Bathhouse (4)
        • Antique Postcard (4)
        • Coyote (4)
        • Katie Shepard (4)
        • Homeness (4)
        • Honey Bees (4)
        • John Deere (4)
        • Orcharding (4)
        • Compost (4)
        • Vintage Photograph (4)
        • American Linden (4)
        • Storm (4)
        • September (4)
        • David McCabe (4)
        • Ways of Seeing (4)
        • Italy (4)
        • Margaux Europe Group (4)
        • Sheathing (4)
        • Phoenix Rising (4)
        • Colonial Taproom (4)
        • Halloween (4)
        • Site Work (4)
        • Phil Valachovic (4)
        • Teamwork (4)
        • Denise Wilson Davis (4)
        • Surplus Materials (4)
        • Fenestration (4)
        • Bygone Barns (4)
        • Barn Vernacular (4)
        • Insulation (4)
        • Chronicler (4)
        • Woodwork (4)
        • Calvin Cumm (4)
        • Brussels Sprouts (3)
        • Architect (3)
        • Bruce Ware (3)
        • David Hislop (3)
        • Deer (3)
        • Duckling (3)
        • Essex Farm (3)
        • Essex Inn (3)
        • Essex Village Historic District (3)
        • Facebook (3)
        • Grape Vines (3)
        • Harvesting (3)
        • Henry Howard Ross (3)
        • Meadowmount School of Music (3)
        • Memoir (3)
        • Monologues (3)
        • National Weather Service (3)
        • Question of the Day (3)
        • Raccoon (3)
        • Bob Murphy (3)
        • Rhubarb (3)
        • Swimming (3)
        • Tilly Close (3)
        • Tree (3)
        • USGS (3)
        • Vacation Rental (3)
        • Waterski (3)
        • Westport Marina (3)
        • Art of Homing (3)
        • Windsurf (3)
        • Writing (3)
        • Sid Couchey (3)
        • Champy (3)
        • Squirrel (3)
        • Pear (3)
        • Bird Feeder (3)
        • Apple (3)
        • iPhoneography (3)
        • Khoresht-e Bademjan (3)
        • Pumpkin (3)
        • Cossayuna New York (3)
        • Labor Day (3)
        • Boat Lift (3)
        • Pixie Crunch (3)
        • Cedar-Apple Rust (3)
        • Eve Ticknor (3)
        • Crater Club (3)
        • Tractor (3)
        • Grouse (3)
        • Wellness (3)
        • DIY (3)
        • Slow Food (3)
        • Rainbow (3)
        • Mystery (3)
        • Green Building (3)
        • Photograph (3)
        • Doors (3)
        • Camp-of-the-Pines (3)
        • Boating (3)
        • Coywolf (3)
        • Pest Control (3)
        • 18th Century (3)
        • Friend or Foe (3)
        • Sunburst (3)
        • Aerial Photography (3)
        • Boquet Mountain (3)
        • Jonathan Schier (3)
        • Shirley LaForest (3)
        • Sherwood Inn Cottages (3)
        • Woodchuck (3)
        • TimberSIL (3)
        • Contender Peach (3)
        • Reliance Peach (3)
        • Front Hallway (3)
        • Quarantine (3)
        • Concrete (3)
        • Landscaping (3)
        • Shirley Bacot Shamel (3)
        • Recycling (3)
        • OPUD (3)
        • Apertures (3)
        • Transparency (3)
        • Autumn-to-Winter (3)
        • Persimmon (3)
        • Sketch (3)
        • Wandering (3)
        • Jim Carroll (3)
        • Mark Engelhardt (3)
        • February (3)
        • Groundhog (3)
        • Mud Season (3)
        • AI Chat Bot (3)
        • Saturday (3)
        • Engineering Ventures (2)
        • Rosslyn Redux (2)
        • Adirondack Heritage (2)
        • Adirondack Park (2)
        • Al Katkowsky (2)
        • Bill Amadon (2)
        • Boston (2)
        • Burlington Vermont (2)
        • Burnell Chair (2)
        • Caleb James Coatsworth (2)
        • Charlotte Verrmont (2)
        • Champlain Area Trails (2)
        • Chris Craft (2)
        • Community (2)
        • CSA (2)
        • Deerfield Academy (2)
        • Albert Gumble (2)
        • Elizabeth Gilliland (2)
        • Environment (2)
        • Essex Provisions (2)
        • Essex Renaissance (2)
        • Essex Shipyard (2)
        • Farm (2)
        • Farmers (2)
        • Faubourg St. Germaine (2)
        • Fireplace (2)
        • Flood Damage (2)
        • Flowerbeds (2)
        • Fourth of July (2)
        • Friends (2)
        • Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2)
        • Gestation (2)
        • Grape (2)
        • H.H. Ross (2)
        • Herb Garden (2)
        • High Water (2)
        • Hurricane Irene (2)
        • Interior Design (2)
        • Lakeshore Road (2)
        • Make Way for Ducklings (2)
        • Moon (2)
        • Moonrise (2)
        • Muskoka Chair (2)
        • Nostalgia (2)
        • NYS Route 22 (2)
        • Pear Trees (2)
        • Performance (2)
        • W.D. Ross (2)
        • Rattlesnake (2)
        • Dog (2)
        • Jennifer Isaacson (2)
        • Vignettes (2)
        • Relics (2)
        • Rosslyn Roundup (2)
        • Rudder Club (2)
        • Sangre de Cristo Mountains (2)
        • Social Media (2)
        • Spinach (2)
        • Split Rock (2)
        • Strawberry (2)
        • Thomas Lee (2)
        • Vintage Adirondack (2)
        • Westport chair (2)
        • William Gilliland (2)
        • Alfred Bryan (2)
        • Cooper's Hawk (2)
        • Red fox (2)
        • Fox (2)
        • John Deere Gator (2)
        • Mourning Dove (2)
        • Dove (2)
        • Victorian Architecture (2)
        • Fruit Tree Grafting (2)
        • Apricot (2)
        • Plum (2)
        • Corn Snake (2)
        • Lake Champlain Monster (2)
        • Basement (2)
        • Lawn (2)
        • Aeration (2)
        • Lapine House (2)
        • Google Search (2)
        • December (2)
        • Mary Wade (2)
        • Hail Storm (2)
        • Google (2)
        • Norman Rockwell (2)
        • DIY Tips (2)
        • Willsborough (2)
        • Carrot (2)
        • Turkey (2)
        • Leftovers (2)
        • Mother Nature (2)
        • Rain Gutter (2)
        • Thunderstorm (2)
        • Gymnosporangium Juniperi-Virginianae (2)
        • Eastern Red Cedar (2)
        • Juniperus Virginiana (2)
        • Doodle (2)
        • Swiss Chard (2)
        • Wavy Glass (2)
        • Bathroom (2)
        • Samuel Keyser (2)
        • Tracking (2)
        • Gaston Bachelard (2)
        • August (2)
        • Green Design (2)
        • Maintenance (2)
        • Albion V. Wadhams (2)
        • Winter Storm (2)
        • Hamilton College (2)
        • Sunnyside (2)
        • Broccoli (2)
        • Resuscitation (2)
        • Essex Community Church (2)
        • Matt Foley (2)
        • C. W. Sherwood (2)
        • Timber Crib Dock (2)
        • Dock (2)
        • Sailboat (2)
        • Antique Photograph (2)
        • Green Frog (2)
        • Garden Tip (2)
        • Spring Flooding (2)
        • Insect (2)
        • Mulberry (2)
        • Mulberry Tree (2)
        • White-tailed Deer (2)
        • Rain (2)
        • Dianne Lansing (2)
        • Old House Journal (2)
        • Structural Integrity (2)
        • Columns (2)
        • Ellipses (2)
        • Flooring (2)
        • Dylan Thomas (2)
        • Vessel (2)
        • Sculpture (2)
        • Backyard Safari (2)
        • Fauna (2)
        • Fence (2)
        • Stereoview (2)
        • Westport Yacht Club (2)
        • Stone Splash Blocks (2)
        • Lynx Rufus (2)
        • Essex Steamboat Landing (2)
        • Coeur de Boeuf (2)
        • Time Capsule (2)
        • Rolling Renovation (2)
        • Canis Latrans Var (2)
        • Daniel Ross (2)
        • Hyde Gate House (2)
        • Poke-o-Moonshine (2)
        • Marmot (2)
        • Story (2)
        • Brian Giebel (2)
        • Sunset (2)
        • Garden Hod (2)
        • AirBnB (2)
        • Sally Lesh (2)
        • Hillcrest Station (2)
        • Tree Damage (2)
        • Cottage (2)
        • Art of Slow Living (2)
        • Waterfront Stairway (2)
        • Ash (2)
        • Elm (2)
        • Sightline (2)
        • Equinox (2)
        • Timeless (2)
        • Warren Cross (2)
        • Champlaining (2)
        • October (2)
        • Regina Cole (2)
        • Carolyn Bates (2)
        • Ice Hook (2)
        • Old House (2)
        • Kathryn Reinhardt (2)
        • High Tunnel (2)
        • Deck Construction (2)
        • Helical Piers (2)
        • Helical Piles (2)
        • Nick Bantock (2)
        • United Ag & Turf (2)
        • Christoph Aigner (2)
        • Lee Maxey (2)
        • Framing (2)
        • Split Rock Lighthouse (2)
        • Mike Manzer (2)
        • Shop Work (2)
        • Energy Efficiency (2)
        • Virginia Woolf (2)
        • Collage (2)
        • Georgian Architecture (2)
        • Steve Cooley (2)
        • Ron Bauer (2)
        • Chatbot (2)
        • Field Notes (2)
        • Timeline (2)
        • Perspective (2)
        • Hayward House (2)
        • Benjamin Moore (2)
        • Slate (2)
        • Kevin Anon (2)
        • Art of Home (2)
        • Meditation (2)
        • Oasis (2)
        • Lighting (2)
        • Vernal Equinox (2)
        • Cabinetry (2)
        • Ancho Magnifico (1)
        • Ascent Pepper (1)
        • Brandy Boy (1)
        • California Wonder (1)
        • Casper Eggplant (1)
        • Cherry Buzz (1)
        • Créme Brulée Pepper (1)
        • Edward Pais (1)
        • Fastbreak Cantaloupe (1)
        • Felicity Pepper (1)
        • Green Zebra (1)
        • Jeffords Steel (1)
        • Kellogg's Breakfast (1)
        • Millionaire Hybrid Eggplant (1)
        • Orange Wellington (1)
        • Paul Hobbs (1)
        • Petite Treat Watermelon (1)
        • Pizza Pepper (1)
        • Prosperosa Eggplant (1)
        • Ruby Watermelon (1)
        • Sweet Seedless Hybrid (1)
        • Tye-Dye Hybrid (1)
        • Weathering Steel (1)
        • Adirondack Almanack (1)
        • Adirondack Art Association (1)
        • Adirondack Furniture (1)
        • Adirondack Lifestyle (1)
        • ADK827 (1)
        • Alvin Reiner (1)
        • Andy Nash (1)
        • Anthem (1)
        • Solstice (1)
        • Ausable River (1)
        • Babysitters (1)
        • Basin Harbor Club (1)
        • Bayliner (1)
        • Beaverlodge (1)
        • Beverly Eichenlaub (1)
        • Bill McKibben (1)
        • Blackberries (1)
        • Blockhouse Farm (1)
        • Blogging (1)
        • Bluff Point (1)
        • Bocce (1)
        • Boonies (1)
        • Bretton Woods (1)
        • Bryan Burke (1)
        • Burlington (1)
        • C.G. Stephens (1)
        • Camp Directors (1)
        • Camp Dudley (1)
        • Canada (1)
        • Career (1)
        • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1)
        • Children (1)
        • Coatsworth (1)
        • Concord (1)
        • COR-TEN (1)
        • Corten (1)
        • Couchey Hill (1)
        • Country Life in America (1)
        • Craig Morgan (1)
        • Cufflinks (1)
        • Cutting Hay (1)
        • Cutting Soap (1)
        • Czechsteve (1)
        • DEC (1)
        • Digital Library (1)
        • Digital Museum (1)
        • Dino Dogan (1)
        • Dix (1)
        • Doctors (1)
        • Dogwood Bread Company (1)
        • Double A Vineyards (1)
        • Douglas Yu (1)
        • Draft Horses (1)
        • Drunk (1)
        • George Webster (1)
        • Earrings (1)
        • East River (1)
        • Eggplant (1)
        • Elizabethtown (1)
        • Emilie Drinkwater (1)
        • Empathy (1)
        • Entrepreneur (1)
        • Environmentalists (1)
        • Essex Glass (1)
        • Essex Marina (1)
        • Excitement (1)
        • Farm Members (1)
        • Farm Stand (1)
        • Farm with Horses (1)
        • Farming (1)
        • Father's Day (1)
        • Film (1)
        • Fishing (1)
        • Galleria (1)
        • Garcia Marquez (1)
        • Giant (1)
        • Golden-Winged Warbler (1)
        • Gin and Tonic (1)
        • Google Earth (1)
        • Great Camps (1)
        • Great Pumpkin (1)
        • Harry Bunnell (1)
        • Haussmannian (1)
        • Hay Wagon (1)
        • Heather Stewarts (1)
        • Henry H. Ross (1)
        • HEPA (1)
        • Heritage (1)
        • Hiking (1)
        • Himrod (1)
        • Hobie Cat (1)
        • Horse-drawn Mower (1)
        • Hummingbirds (1)
        • Hurricane (1)
        • Idealistic (1)
        • Idyllic (1)
        • Imagination (1)
        • Investment (1)
        • James Graves (1)
        • Jay Range (1)
        • Trails (1)
        • Jerry Spooner (1)
        • Jill Piper (1)
        • Jim Spooner (1)
        • Jogging (1)
        • Johnny's Smokehouse (1)
        • Joseph J. Harley (1)
        • June (1)
        • Kale (1)
        • Kathryn Cramer (1)
        • Kids (1)
        • Kim Rielly (1)
        • Lake Champlain Committee (1)
        • Lake Champlain Hotel (1)
        • Lake Champlain marinas (1)
        • Lake George (1)
        • Lake Placid (1)
        • Land of My Dreams (1)
        • Lawn Mowing (1)
        • Lawyers (1)
        • Letters To A Young Poet (1)
        • Live Well (1)
        • Living to Tell the Tale (1)
        • Loon Lake (1)
        • Mansion (1)
        • Mars (1)
        • Martin Sexton (1)
        • McKim Mead and White (1)
        • Meetup (1)
        • Michael Leslie (1)
        • Midden (1)
        • Mike Winslow (1)
        • Monosodium Glutamate (1)
        • Moonbeam (1)
        • MSG (1)
        • My Kind of Livin (1)
        • Nannies (1)
        • National Trails Day (1)
        • Neighborhood Nest (1)
        • Neptune (1)
        • Non-profits (1)
        • Normandie Beach Resort (1)
        • Novel (1)
        • Old Adirondack (1)
        • Online Communities (1)
        • Otter Creek (1)
        • Panoramio.com (1)
        • Pantouf’s (1)
        • Parenting (1)
        • Party Barge (1)
        • Picturesque (1)
        • Pigeon House (1)
        • Play Dates (1)
        • Politics (1)
        • Premises Architecture + Design (1)
        • Quiche (1)
        • Quince Trees (1)
        • Rainer Maria Rilke (1)
        • Realtors (1)
        • Alpine Skiing (1)
        • Telemark Skiing (1)
        • Don Gould (1)
        • Andy Cross (1)
        • Adirondack Spray Foam (1)
        • Spray Foam Insulation (1)
        • Connie Wanek (1)
        • Henri Cole (1)
        • Glenn Mott (1)
        • Voice (1)
        • Redneck Yacht Club (1)
        • Chimney (1)
        • Reliance (1)
        • Rhinebeck (1)
        • Richelieu River (1)
        • Robert McCloskey (1)
        • Roland Garros (1)
        • Roof (1)
        • Roof construction (1)
        • Rustic (1)
        • Sara Kura (1)
        • Saranac Lake (1)
        • ShipStore (1)
        • Short Story (1)
        • Snapping Turtle (1)
        • Soil (1)
        • Sometimes That Happens With Chicken (1)
        • Steel (1)
        • Stephen Maselli (1)
        • Stephen Phillips (1)
        • Steven Kellogg (1)
        • Steven Rochen (1)
        • Stillness (1)
        • Sutton Place (1)
        • Taos (1)
        • Taos New Mexico (1)
        • Teachers (1)
        • Tennis (1)
        • Travel Writing Contest (1)
        • Triberr (1)
        • Tweetup (1)
        • Twitter (1)
        • United States (1)
        • United States Environmental Protection Agency (1)
        • Vacation Destination (1)
        • Vergennes (1)
        • Versailles (1)
        • Violin (1)
        • virtualDavis (1)
        • Ross Store (1)
        • W.W. Durant (1)
        • Wabetsu (1)
        • Wanda Shapiro (1)
        • Washington County (1)
        • Whallonsburg New York (1)
        • Whimsical (1)
        • Whippoorwill (1)
        • White Mountains (1)
        • Whiteface (1)
        • New Year (1)
        • Windsor Hotel (1)
        • WOKO (1)
        • Work Horses (1)
        • Writers (1)
        • Yoga Instructors (1)
        • America (1)
        • American flag (1)
        • Old Glory (1)
        • Flag (1)
        • W.D. Ross Mansion (1)
        • Daylight (1)
        • Sunlight (1)
        • Apricot Sugar (1)
        • Apricot Harlayne (1)
        • Little Lotta (1)
        • Richie Rich (1)
        • Harvey Comics (1)
        • Little Dot (1)
        • Bruce Klink (1)
        • Ruth Couchey (1)
        • Pigeon (1)
        • Discovery Channel (1)
        • Predation (1)
        • Flag of the United States (1)
        • Fruit Tree Pruning (1)
        • Northern Water Snake (1)
        • Copperhead (1)
        • Eastern Massasauga (1)
        • Sistrurus Catenatus (1)
        • Glenn Estus (1)
        • Archeology (1)
        • Soil Compaction (1)
        • Tennis Court (1)
        • Wesley Hackett (1)
        • Hawk (1)
        • Internet (1)
        • Christmas in Essex (1)
        • Folk Art (1)
        • Rosslyn Art (1)
        • Crab Apple Tree (1)
        • Hail (1)
        • New York State Department of Transportation (1)
        • Retaining Wall (1)
        • Digitalstorytelling (1)
        • Google Search Stories (1)
        • Google Search videos (1)
        • Louisa Johnson Townsend (1)
        • Sarah Carter Townsend (1)
        • Ingersoll Day Townsend (1)
        • Lunch at Toad River (1)
        • All My Houses (1)
        • Zucchini (1)
        • Squash Blossoms (1)
        • Mink (1)
        • American Mink (1)
        • Seine (1)
        • Napoléon III (1)
        • Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1)
        • Lutetia Parisiorum (1)
        • Autumn Leaf Color (1)
        • Leaf Peeping (1)
        • Ellen Pober Rittberg (1)
        • Vermont Public Radio (1)
        • Indigo Bunting (1)
        • Earl Nightingale (1)
        • Gluten-free Diet (1)
        • Muffin (1)
        • Black Krim (1)
        • Tornado (1)
        • Château Ramezay (1)
        • Hurricane Isaac (1)
        • Photo of the Week (1)
        • Flue (1)
        • Corn Cakes (1)
        • Turkey Gravy (1)
        • Essex Heritage Center (1)
        • Asher Benjamin (1)
        • Guy H. Mason (1)
        • Dueling Banjos (1)
        • Deliverance (1)
        • Mark Kroos (1)
        • John Boorman (1)
        • Parlington Hall (1)
        • Stone Carving (1)
        • Painted Turtle (1)
        • Cycling (1)
        • Turtle (1)
        • Independence Day (1)
        • Boat (1)
        • Kohler (1)
        • Climate Change (1)
        • Day Lily (1)
        • Perennials (1)
        • Garter Snake (1)
        • Asphalt Shingle (1)
        • Construction and Maintenance (1)
        • Materials and Supplies (1)
        • Standing Seam Roof (1)
        • Contractor Foibles (1)
        • Rosslyn Wine Cellar (1)
        • Neptune Grapes (1)
        • Perseid (1)
        • Meteor Shower (1)
        • Nero di Toscana (1)
        • Fordhook Giant (1)
        • Magenta Sunset (1)
        • Henry David Thoreau (1)
        • Sweet Corn (1)
        • Corn on Cob (1)
        • Aquavisions (1)
        • Indian Summer (1)
        • Chicken of the Woods (1)
        • Mushroom (1)
        • Mycology (1)
        • Horticulture (1)
        • Edible Fungi (1)
        • Chard (1)
        • Cantaloupe (1)
        • Green Bean (1)
        • Leeks (1)
        • Sunday (1)
        • Slow Cooker (1)
        • Chicken Provencal (1)
        • Glassblowing (1)
        • Foibles (1)
        • Roto-Rooter (1)
        • Septic Tank (1)
        • Essex Column (1)
        • Valley News (1)
        • Cold Snap (1)
        • Charlotte Vermont (1)
        • Champlain Bridge (1)
        • Venison (1)
        • Adirondack Life (1)
        • Willsboro Meat Market (1)
        • Green Chile Stew (1)
        • Game (1)
        • Boldt Castle (1)
        • Édith Piaf (1)
        • La Vie en Rose (1)
        • Invention of Hugo Cabret (1)
        • Hugo Cabret (1)
        • Brian Selznick (1)
        • Hugo (1)
        • Movies (1)
        • Culinary Adventures (1)
        • Peru Tractor Center (1)
        • Carriage House Garden Center (1)
        • Babe (1)
        • Snow Removal (1)
        • Federal Emergency Management Agency (1)
        • FEMA (1)
        • United States Geological Survey (1)
        • Ski Nautique (1)
        • Keri Smith (1)
        • Carpe Diem (1)
        • Tito Ingenieri (1)
        • Lego (1)
        • Do it Yourself (1)
        • Sustainability (1)
        • Furniture (1)
        • Wax (1)
        • Cleaning (1)
        • Green Product (1)
        • Underground Living (1)
        • Sustainable Architecture (1)
        • Green Roof (1)
        • Food (1)
        • Mattress (1)
        • Box Spring (1)
        • Sciatica (1)
        • Milk Snake (1)
        • Ray Faville (1)
        • Linda Faville (1)
        • Herb (1)
        • Emmet Carter (1)
        • Emmet Carter Green Design (1)
        • Nancie Battaglia (1)
        • Ice Eater (1)
        • Janelle A Schwartz (1)
        • Mountain House (1)
        • Bob Biesemeyer (1)
        • Marion Biesemeyer (1)
        • Walter Biesemeyer (1)
        • Ethel Alvey (1)
        • Plum Tree (1)
        • Essex Regattas (1)
        • Christine Herrmann (1)
        • Radicchio (1)
        • Raised Bed (1)
        • Nasturtium (1)
        • Beets (1)
        • Roadkill (1)
        • Cucumber Mosaic Virus (1)
        • Game Camera (1)
        • Radish Greens (1)
        • Accoya (1)
        • Michael Phillips (1)
        • Essex Town Historian (1)
        • Robert Hammerslag (1)
        • Rev. Stephen F. Bayne (1)
        • Noble Clemons House (1)
        • River Rat Glass & Electric (1)
        • Advertisement (1)
        • F. S. Sherwood (1)
        • Adirondack Guide (1)
        • Old Stump Bridge (1)
        • Heidi LaBate (1)
        • Ski Boat (1)
        • Winterization (1)
        • Corn Stalks (1)
        • Sweet Potato Vine (1)
        • Demolition (1)
        • Raptor (1)
        • Butternut Flats (1)
        • Helle Cook (1)
        • Mosquito (1)
        • George D. Anson (1)
        • Anson's Dairy (1)
        • Rhododendron (1)
        • Spring Rain (1)
        • Alpenglow (1)
        • Nectarine Tree (1)
        • Nectarine (1)
        • Apricot Tree (1)
        • Peach Tree (1)
        • Beaver (1)
        • Craigardan (1)
        • The Ross Mansion (1)
        • David Lansing (1)
        • Alan Wardle (1)
        • Steven Holl (1)
        • Nail Collector's House (1)
        • Willsboro Point (1)
        • Insect Repellent (1)
        • Mosquito Repellent (1)
        • Catnip (1)
        • Lavendar (1)
        • Garlic (1)
        • Basil (1)
        • Marigolds (1)
        • Geranium (1)
        • Peppermint (1)
        • Lemon Balm (1)
        • Citronella Grass (1)
        • Historic Property (1)
        • Jan Peden (1)
        • Multiuse (1)
        • Environmentally Responsible (1)
        • Do it Myself (1)
        • Greenovation (1)
        • Daily Munge (1)
        • Bird Watching (1)
        • Camp Cherokee for Boys (1)
        • Camp Pocahontas (1)
        • Map (1)
        • Montreal (1)
        • Albany (1)
        • Multipurpose (1)
        • Paneling (1)
        • Freudenfreude (1)
        • Deck Rebuild (1)
        • Fern Hill (1)
        • Barnophile (1)
        • George O. Webster (1)
        • Saint Nick's Day (1)
        • Paul Flinn (1)
        • Federated Church (1)
        • Norma Goff (1)
        • Generosity of Friends (1)
        • OMC (1)
        • Re-renovation (1)
        • Aaron Valachovic (1)
        • Threshold (1)
        • Architectural (1)
        • Ballard Park (1)
        • Beatrice Disogra (1)
        • Critters (1)
        • Cardinal (1)
        • Rosslyn Rapture (1)
        • Jon Leibowitz (1)
        • Manse (1)
        • Mark Fraser (1)
        • Meander (1)
        • Neoclassical Manse (1)
        • Orange Cucumbers (1)
        • Birds (1)
        • Ric Feeney (1)
        • S.R. Stoddard (1)
        • Seed Saving (1)
        • Snow Fleas (1)
        • Spider (1)
        • Springtails (1)
        • Steamer Vermont (1)
        • Walking Stick (1)
        • Westport Steamboat Landing (1)
        • Farm-to-table (1)
        • Equipment (1)
        • Farmhouse Furniture Wax (1)
        • Sweet Grass Farm (1)
        • Purpose (1)
        • Vox Pops (1)
        • Trout (1)
        • Local Food (1)
        • Garlic Scapes (1)
        • Mulberry Wine (1)
        • Illinois Everbearing Mulberry (1)
        • Morus Nigra (1)
        • Morus Rubra (1)
        • Muse (1)
        • Drone Photography (1)
        • Midsummer (1)
        • Eye in the Sky (1)
        • Manse As Muse (1)
        • Stone Gutter (1)
        • Albee Road (1)
        • Sandy Point (1)
        • Seeded Glass (1)
        • Old Glass (1)
        • Antique Glass (1)
        • Senorita Serendipity (1)
        • Staircase (1)
        • Dutchy Ahrendt (1)
        • Larry Blanchard (1)
        • Wayne Gryk (1)
        • Elaine Miller (1)
        • James C. Stephens (1)
        • Lakefront (1)
        • Pier (1)
        • Oxheart Tomato (1)
        • Homing (1)
        • Phillip Keuhlen (1)
        • Chuck Sherwood (1)
        • Florence Sherwood (1)
        • Heirloom (1)
        • Oxheart (1)
        • Coyote Q&A (1)
        • Harmon Noble House (1)
        • Harmon Noble (1)
        • Sarah Elizabeth Noble Waite (1)
        • Edward Richardson (1)
        • Boarding House (1)
        • Walmsley of New Orleans (1)
        • Mrs. Caleb J. Coatsworth (1)
        • Mrs. Howard Hill (1)
        • Richard R. Williams (1)
        • Sloane E. Miller (1)
        • Mr. and Mrs. W. Sherwood (1)
        • Terraces of Lake Champlain (1)
        • Grog Harbor (1)
        • Judge R. A. Heirn (1)
        • Wesley G. Lyon (1)
        • Chesterfield (1)
        • Cannon Point (1)
        • William R. Derby (1)
        • Louis Joseph Robart (1)
        • Nathaniel B. Sylvester (1)
        • Northern New York and the Adirondack Wilderness (1)
        • Lady Betsey Eckles (1)
        • Elizabeth Phagan (1)
        • General Henry H. Ross (1)
        • Anthony J. B. Ross (1)
        • Ellen B. Fairbanks (1)
        • Rev. J. N. Fairbanks (1)
        • Frances J. Ross (1)
        • Susannah Blanchard (1)
        • Judge Anthony J. Blanchard (1)
        • James B. Ross (1)
        • Henry H. Ross II (1)
        • Anna Noble (1)
        • James H. H. Ross (1)
        • Edward Ross (1)
        • Eliza Ross (1)
        • Charles Platt (1)
        • Ransom Noble (1)
        • Sarah Ross (1)
        • Charles Noble (1)
        • Charlotte Gilliland (1)
        • Stephen Cuyler (1)
        • John Cuyler (1)
        • Phoebe Hoffnagle (1)
        • Jane Gilliland (1)
        • John Bleecker (1)
        • Robert A. Heirn (1)
        • Isaac Sheldon (1)
        • Thomas Pray (1)
        • Abram Reynolds (1)
        • Amos Stafford (1)
        • Benjamin Stafford (1)
        • David Brayden (1)
        • Beekeeping (1)
        • Honey (1)
        • Hyde Gate Farm (1)
        • Abundance Mindset (1)
        • Essay (1)
        • Jeff Moredock (1)
        • Essex Day (1)
        • Excess Day (1)
        • Garden Hose (1)
        • Breakfast (1)
        • Documentary (1)
        • Kitchen (1)
        • Verisimilitude (1)
        • Narrative (1)
        • Tie Dye (1)
        • Dome (1)
        • Sundown (1)
        • Offset Flail Mower (1)
        • Brush Hog (1)
        • Willie Wilcox (1)
        • Exterior (1)
        • Interior (1)
        • Learning (1)
        • Amish (1)
        • Adobe Oasis (1)
        • Game Room (1)
        • Fitness Room (1)
        • Dovecote (1)
        • Horse Stall (1)
        • Patina (1)
        • Hub on the Hill (1)
        • Hillcrest Cabins (1)
        • Paul Harwood (1)
        • Unplug (1)
        • Reset (1)
        • Daybreak (1)
        • Dawn (1)
        • Patrick McAuliff (1)
        • Ted’s Terrace (1)
        • Pool Table (1)
        • Dartboard (1)
        • Party Barn (1)
        • Planet Hardwood (1)
        • Deferred Maintenance (1)
        • Natural Light (1)
        • Daydream (1)
        • Harvest (1)
        • Hammock Huddle (1)
        • Zinnias (1)
        • Accommodations (1)
        • Riley (1)
        • Pandemic Pivot (1)
        • COVID (1)
        • Circadian (1)
        • Asparagus Bean (1)
        • Douglas Peden (1)
        • Michael Peden (1)
        • Emma Paladino (1)
        • Co-creation (1)
        • Bats (1)
        • Holistic Pest Control (1)
        • Orphans (1)
        • Papaver (1)
        • Viewshed (1)
        • Town of Essex Planning Board (1)
        • Belle de Boskoop (1)
        • Duchess of Oldenberg (1)
        • Enterprise Apple (1)
        • Freedom Apple (1)
        • Gala Apple (1)
        • Kidd's Orange (1)
        • Liberty Apple (1)
        • Rubinette (1)
        • Engineering (1)
        • Corn Cribbing (1)
        • American School of Paris (1)
        • Historic (1)
        • Re-imagination (1)
        • Ageless (1)
        • Yankee Barn (1)
        • Watersports (1)
        • Wake Surfing (1)
        • Webb Royce Swamp (1)
        • Advantage Lumber (1)
        • Apiculture (1)
        • Roger King (1)
        • Heather Maxey (1)
        • Dogs (1)
        • Pheasant (1)
        • Jim LaForest (1)
        • Sally Johnson (1)
        • Gene Van Ornam (1)
        • Geri Van Ornam (1)
        • Fall (1)
        • Lawn Care (1)
        • Holistic Landscaping (1)
        • Balcony (1)
        • Phoenix from Ashes (1)
        • Writer's Garret (1)
        • Hoop House (1)
        • Northwest Bay (1)
        • Long Pond (1)
        • Structural (1)
        • Scott Blanchard (1)
        • Jack-o’-lantern (1)
        • New Year’s Day (1)
        • Groundhog Day (1)
        • Valentine’s Day (1)
        • St. Patrick’s Day (1)
        • Winter Solstice (1)
        • Frost Quakes (1)
        • Splash Blocks (1)
        • Andrew Raimist (1)
        • Bob Schatz (1)
        • Landscape Design (1)
        • Cohesive Design (1)
        • Camaraderie (1)
        • Team Spirit (1)
        • Fixtures (1)
        • Faucet (1)
        • Spigot (1)
        • Renderings (1)
        • Sonny Valachovic (1)
        • Earth Anchoring (1)
        • Griffin & Sabine (1)
        • Jeffrey Harrison (1)
        • Fountain Pens (1)
        • Van Life (1)
        • Perfect Imperfection (1)
        • Mike Hall (1)
        • Gordon Davis (1)
        • Frances Davis (1)
        • Lucy Haynes (1)
        • Kevin Raines (1)
        • Lisa Fisher (1)
        • Alexander Davit (1)
        • Miriam Klipper (1)
        • Roger Newton (1)
        • Epiphany (1)
        • David Howson (1)
        • Ana June (1)
        • Elizabeth McNulty (1)
        • Bull Run (1)
        • Dick Tompkins (1)
        • Travis Coonrod (1)
        • Skeleton Keys (1)
        • Boquet Valley (1)
        • Livestock (1)
        • Cow (1)
        • Greystone (1)
        • Winter-to-Spring (1)
        • Boquet (1)
        • Neighbors (1)
        • Ginkgo (1)
        • Beech (1)
        • Jatoba (1)
        • Brazilian Cherry (1)
        • Combinatorial Creativity (1)
        • Experiment (1)
        • Wild Turkey (1)
        • 21st Century (1)
        • Larry Master (1)
        • Gray Fox (1)
        • Incubation (1)
        • Kaleidoscope (1)
        • Provenance (1)
        • Ambiguity (1)
        • Luna Moth (1)
        • Rosy Maple Moth (1)
        • Bumblebee (1)
        • Workflow (1)
        • Workshop (1)
        • Makeshift (1)
        • Workaround (1)
        • Homecoming (1)
        • Mementos (1)
        • Technology (1)
        • Daily Journaling (1)
        • Memorabilia (1)
        • Apex Predators (1)
        • Lyric Essay (1)
        • Lorri Carson (1)
        • Sugaring (1)
        • Tuesday (1)
        • Midwinter (1)
        • Crystal Spring Farm (1)
        • Kasey McKenna (1)
        • Karly McKenna (1)
        • Work (1)
        • Reminder (1)
        • St. Joseph's Church (1)
        • Ruffed Grouse (1)
        • Loft (1)
        • Marble (1)
        • Tile (1)
        • Recipe (1)
        • Scope of Work (1)
        • Joinery (1)
        • David Anon (1)
        • Zack Anon (1)
        • Ben Morris (1)
        • Kintsugi (1)
        • Wakesurf (1)
        • Sailing (1)
        • Speedboat (1)
        • Skating (1)
        • Brainstorming (1)
        • Deadline (1)
        • R.P. Murphy (1)
        • Rock Wool (1)
        • Heating (1)
        • May (1)
        • Door (1)
        • Family (1)
        • Paul Rossi (1)
        • Mallards (1)
        • Essex Fire Department (1)
        • Crown Molding (1)
        • Appliances (1)
        • Setbacks (1)
        • Tongue and Groove (1)
        • Marvin Windows (1)
        • Siding (1)
        • Benjamin Obdyke Slicker (1)
        • Detritus (1)
        • Mosaic (1)
        • Fragments (1)
        • memoiresque storytelling (1)
        • Trail building (1)
        • Sunburst motif (1)
        • Polar plunge (1)
        • Hardscape (1)
        • Friday (1)
        • Electrical (1)
        • Darth Vader (0)
        • Frankie Colton (0)
        • James Earl Jones (0)
        • Mary Gullo (0)
        • Adirondack Rustic (0)
        • Tropical Storm Isaac (0)
        • Phoenix Mills (0)
        • Farmstead (0)
        • David Ulin (0)
        • Berries (0)
        • Allergies (0)
        • Natural Remedy (0)
        • Frances T. Ladd (0)
        • Levi H. Cross (0)
        • Squash (0)
        • Winter Squash (0)
        • Willsboro Paper Mill (0)
        • W.D. Ross Mill (0)
        • Harper's Weekly (0)
        • Kindling (0)
        • Recovery (0)
        • Riparian (0)
        • Rosslyn Rhapsody (0)
        • Splitting Wood (0)
        • Dan Faber (0)
        • Ruud Vekemans (0)
        • Michael Kempster (0)
        • Greg Delia (0)
        • Rob Cagnina (0)
        • George Pataki (0)
        • Eddy Foundation (0)
        • Black Kettle Farm (0)
        • Lakeside Preschool (0)
        • Mark Hall (0)
        • Erin Hall (0)
        • Jim Van Hoven (0)
        • Colleen Hoven (0)
        • Cedar Hedge Farms (0)
        • Gayle Perry (0)
        • Bob Perry (0)
        • Maritime Port (0)
        • Shipbuilding (0)
        • Steam Yacht (0)
        • Vintage Essex Trivia (0)
        • Morris Glenn (0)
        • Ox Heart (0)
        • Gates (0)
        • Bee Hive (0)
        • Hometown Electrical Systems (0)
        • Phoenix (0)
        • Spring Equinox (0)
        • April Fool’s Day (0)
        • Easter (0)
        • Summer Solstice (0)
        • Fall Equinox (0)
        • All Saints Day (0)
        • Day of the Dead (0)
        • Veteran’s Day (0)
        • Beth Anne Macdonald (0)
        • Jared (0)
        • Cheri Phillips (0)
        • 20th Century (0)
        • Grey Fox (0)
        • Valentines Day (0)
        • Memory (0)
        • Denise Wilson-Davis (0)
        • epard (0)
        • Close
      • Format
        • Munge (86)
        • Image (67)
        • Gallery (60)
        • Aside (53)
        • Video (30)
        • Quote (10)
        • Audio (3)
        • Link (2)
        • Close
      • Search
        • Close
    • Close
  • About
      • What’s Rosslyn?
        • Home
        • Boathouse
        • Carriage Barn
        • Historic Property
        • Wildlife Sanctuary
        • Close
      • Where’s Rosslyn?
        • Lake Champlain
        • Adirondacks
        • North Country
        • Champlain Valley
        • Historic Essex
        • Close
      • Why Rosslyn?!?!
        • Rehab
        • Lifestyle
        • Gardening
        • Seasons
        • Artifacts
        • Daily Munge
        • Close
    • Close
  • Connect
    • Social
      • Social Widget
          • Instagram
          • Facebook
          • Twitter
          • YouTube
          • Pinterest
          • RSS
    • Newsletters
      • Newsletters

    • Recent
      • 66% Done, 33% To Go
      • Synchronous Progress
      • The Story of a House
    • Close

Christmas in Essex

Mary Wade’s Rosslyn Art

Rosslyn, Essex on Lake Champlain (Painted by Mary Wade)

Copyright © 2023 · GEO DAVIS