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May 2020 | ALONG ROUTE 16 | Page 1

ROUTE 16 & The Scenic Byways of Rtes. 25, 28, 108, 109, 113, 125, 153 & 171

May | Vol. 6 | No. 5 Published on the 16th of the Month

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Fabiana Walsh | Page 3

What’s Up | Page 9

Have Chef | Page 6

Yesteryear | Page 13

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The Calming Art of Fabiana Walsh

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper Travel expands a person’s outlook.

The experience of visiting new places and seeing landscapes and colors and scenes broadens the scope of the imagination.

For Ossipee, New Hampshire artist, Fabiana Walsh, a lifetime of travel and experiencing different cultures has added spice to her life. Indeed, it has influenced her artwork and you can see it in the beautiful paintings and the colors she uses to capture a variety of images.

A native of Argentina, Fabiana’s parents are Italian and Spanish. Her website (fabianawalshfineart.com) relates, “Originally, Fabiana is from Buenos Aires, but when visiting New England more than 29 years ago, she fell in love with the mountains, so she settled her heart in New Hampshire. In her New Hampshire studio, she also enjoys stones, wood, metal, and pottery painting. Fabiana is a Public Notary, a BS in Justice Studies, and has a certification in Art Curating, and she is currently studying at New England College for her MFA in visual Arts.”

Fabiana says her husband is a restorer of historic barns and a timber-frame builder, and their home and her studio in Ossipee is in a converted 1790 barn.

According to Fabiana, her studio used to be a horse stall; the structure was once a carriage coach stop where the horses were watered and fed.

Perhaps it is the beauty of the old barn that attracted visitors, but people stopped by now and then and asked to see Fabiana’s artwork (she also has extensive, beautiful gardens in the summer). She explains how the studio/barn

Fabiana Walsh at her studio; courtesy Ben Mangum Photography. space came to be a place where the public could stop by to view and purchase her artwork. “After my husband built my studio, I was doing artwork more and more and eventually I found myself doing art full time. I never originally intended the studio to be open as a store, but the first year I was painting in the space, I would open the door to get fresh air. People saw the door was open and started to stop by. We also have large gardens and people would stop to take photos of the flowers. One thing led to another, and before I knew it, we had people from all over the world – France and England for example - visiting the studio.”

That word-of-mouth awareness and people stopping to see her work ex-

panded Fabiana’s horizons in a big way. “All of a sudden, library directors, managers of inns and hotels and others said my artwork was beautiful,” she recalls. “I began to get invitations to bring my art to local libraries for exhibits and also to inns and hotels in Portland, Maine and in the Conway area. It expanded from there. Someone who was a guest at a hotel saw my art and called asking to see more. That person asked if I would consider bringing some of my paintings to New York City.”

The simple act of opening her studio to let in the fresh mountain air also opened up the chance for others to see her artwork, and Fabiana’s work eventually found a much wider audience in

New York City and beyond.

Perhaps it is the connection to nature that appeals to collectors of Fabiana’s artwork. “I decided to live in this rural area because of its connection to nature. I love trees and the landscape and I love to show the spirit of nature in my paintings. I believe nature has its own power of healing.”

How to describe Fabiana’s artwork?

“I do paintings of all sizes, from very small to big wall murals,” she explains.

“I paint a lot of flowers and my biggest inspiration comes from trees of any shape or size. There are no limitations on what I paint; I start a lot of paintings outside, depending on the weather. Then I finish them in the studio. I do a lot of ocean landscapes, trees and mountains in both acrylics and oils. I often paint things I see every day. And, I do ceramics for myself and I paint on different surfaces, such as canvas, metal, wood and pottery.”

Fabiana’s studio is a calm, peaceful place and while it is not a huge space, she asked herself what she wanted to do with all the walls she had. She decided to use some of the wall space as a gallery, and locals such as Peter Abate visited her studio and asked her to exhibit at the Gafney Library in Sanbornville, New Hampshire. She also has exhibited locally in Rochester, New Hampshire.

Beyond exhibiting locally, the artist is represented by Artblend Gallery in Florida, and Artifact Gallery in New York, New York, and her work is currently in galleries in the United States, Argentina, and Spain. Her art has also been exhibited around the world in places such as • Fabiana continued on page 4

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Page 4 | ALONG ROUTE 16 | May 2020 • Fabiana continued from page 3 Carrousel du Paris at the Louvre; Art Paris Expo Versailles, France; Museo MIIT Turin, Italy; Art Expo New York at Pier 94; Art Basel Miami, Florida; Paradise City, Northampton, Massachusetts; Boston International Fine Art Show in Boston, Massachusetts; Van Gogh Gallery in Madrid, Spain and Messezentrum Contemporary Fine Art Show in Salzburg, Austria. She will also be taking part in the Monaco Yacht Club Show 2020, which is an exclusive event for the ultra-luxury market. It will take place from September 23 to 26, 2020 under the patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco.

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Modest about her artistic skills and success, Fabiana says she was always

doing pencil drawings as a child, but “I never thought I was good enough.”

But the need to create did not go away, and years later, she is still painting and drawing and now sharing her colorful, yet calming art with others all over the world.

As a well-traveled person, one might wonder how Fabiana feels about living in a small community such as Ossipee.

She laughs and says, “I love it! This is what I was looking for a long time. I have traveled a lot in the past and now I sometimes travel again for art shows and galleries (last year she went to Austria and France). I takes a lot of energy, so I find I really like to be at home in Ossipee, painting in my studio.”

Travel has definitely expanded Fabiana’s world, but she has found her permanent home, full of happiness and creativity, it rural Ossipee, where her paintings bring “calmness to the eyes, peace to the heart, and fulfillment to the soul.”

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Land for the Future An Introduction to Conservation Land, Land Trusts and Places to Walk

Have you been looking for places to walk? Some of your favorites may be town owned lands, state parks, or national forests. At other places you visit, you may see a sign stating that the land is conserved or there may be mention of a land trust or a conservation easement.

But what makes land into conservation land? And what is a land trust? Do you know what a conservation easement is? Local land trust, Moose Mountains Regional Greenways (MMRG), answers those questions and points to a few favorite places to walk; MMRG also suggests some reasons why it’s so important to conserve land.

‘Conservation land’ means the land will never be developed, not in 10 years or 100 years or even in 1,000 years.

Land in ‘current use’ does not qualify as conservation land because it is not permanently protected. The landowner can choose to build houses or erect other structures on it at any time and simply pay the resulting penalty, called a land use change tax. Although protected from development, ‘conservation land’ is not automatically open for public use. Lots of conservation land is owned by private landowners who want their land to stay just the way it is, forever, but do not want it to be open to the public.

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Have Chef - Will Travel Awesome Dips and Fondues

By Chef Kelly Ross My theme for this month’s column is great dips that are quick and easy. I also offer a few dessert dips. In an opposite mentality to my norm, let’s start with the desserts, and end with great appetizers and/or dinners, depending on the situation, finishing with the cheese fondue.

These are quick and easy to prepare.

The one exception may be the first one “if” you care to make your own almond brickle, which is really good.

The dip recipe, which is a scrumptious Apple Brindle Dip, calls for both English toffee chips and almond brittle.

I’ll give you the brickle recipe, but, if you prefer, you can easily make this dip with just the toffee chips, which goes together in 10 to 15 minutes. To make the almond brickle, it will ob-

• Land Continued from page 5 zation or entity whose mission (primary purpose) is to watch over that conservation land forever. That’s where a land trust can come into the picture.

A land trust is a non-profit organization (charity) whose mission is to protect land from ever being developed.

Land trusts may have other related purposes as well, such as forestry or education, which is a key part of MMRG’s work. Land trusts come in all sizes, such as: • worldwide – The Nature Conservancy • statewide – Society for the Protection of NH Forests (SPNHF); owns Mount Major and many forestlands

viously take a bit longer. (If you have time to make brickle, I strongly recommend doing so.) This dip is for 4 cups.

I’ll start with the almond brickle, then go to the dip.

Almond Brickle for the Dip 1 cup butter 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed firm 2 cups slivered almonds 12 oz package semi-sweet chocolate chips In a skillet, melt the butter and add the brown sugar and cook together until the sugar has completely dissolved/ melted over a medium heat, stirring constantly, about 2-3 minutes. Add the almonds and continue to stir for another 2-3 minutes or until the almonds start to brown on the edges. Pour the around the state • regional – Moose Mountains Regional Greenways; owns Branch River Conservation Area; watches over several privately-owned conservation properties in the seven-town service area of Brookfield, Farmington, Middleton, Milton, New Durham, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro How does a land trust accomplish its goal of conserving land? It starts with people, including those who believe so strongly in the importance of conserving land that they volunteer their time to the organization. Other essential people are the landowners who love their land so much they want to conserve it. Still others believe wholeheartedly in the organization’s mission and donate money. Sometimes a land

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mixture into a well-greased 9 x 13 pan, then sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top. Let stand for 2 minutes for the chips to start to melt, then, with a rubber spatula, spread the melting chips evenly over the top of the mixture.

Chill until firm and then break into pieces.

If using your homemade almond brickle, bust it up into pieces, put in a Ziploc and pound them so the pieces are small, as in chip size. In a bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugars and vanilla, then fold in the busted up brickle and/or the chips. Serve with the apples.

Refrigerate leftovers; cut apple to order to avoid browning.

Now let’s focus on a chocolate-themed dessert. This will go together in about 15 minutes and will make about 5 cups of dip.

Apple Brindle Dip Two 8 oz packages cream cheese, room temp 1 cup packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup sugar 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 10 oz bag English toffee bits (Heath Bar) 8 oz almond brickle, or, 2 bags of English toffee bits 7-8 medium-large tart apples, cut into chunks or wedges

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trust can conserve a property by acquiring it, but that requires special conditions: the landowner must be willing to sell or donate the land, the purchase price must be raised, and the timing must be right to complete the sale before another buyer purchases it. More often, land is conserved because the landowner wants to permanently protect it from development, and voluntarily agrees to place it under a conservation easement held by the land trust.

(A future MMRG article will explain what a conservation easement is and the role of the land trust in ‘holding’ it.) The key fact is that a conservation easement allows you to conserve your land, to ensure it is never developed, while retaining ownership of it.

Wendy Scribner, a forester with Carroll County Cooperative Extension, is one of those people so dedicated to land conservation that she volunteers her time to serve on MMRG’s Board of Directors. Wendy explains, “Being in nature has always been refreshing and rejuvenating for me. As a child, I had great experiences feeding the ducks at a local pond. As I got older, I spent more time hiking and exploring. I want other people to have opportunities to be in nature like I did. I am also captivated by wildlife – stopping to watch a squirrel or a bird go about its business

helps me feel more connected to the world around me.”

Wendy adds, “In the last 20 years, Moose Mountains Regional Greenways has worked with numerous landowners and organizations to help conserve more than 7,000 acres close to home. Many of these properties are open for you to visit, including the recently conserved Leary Field & Forest in Farmington. The Leary’s maintain a beautiful system of trails throughout their forest and up their sloping hayfield. You can see an historic stone bridge as well as foundations of the old farm structures that speak to the land’s past uses. Beautiful views can be found at the top of the hill, where you can watch for hawks, or at dusk, you may hear owls and see bats.”

Bob and Debbie Leary exemplify landowners who love their land and wanted to make sure it would never be developed. Bob Leary explains, “Conservation of this land was important to us to preserve it for agricultural uses as a legacy for our family and for the history of the land. It’s also too nice a resource to be selfish with it, so we invite the public to walk the trails and enjoy them, as we do.”

Visit www.mmrg.info for maps of trails on local lands with public access that MMRG has helped conserve.

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May 2020 | ALONG ROUTE 16 | Page 7 the oil over high heat for 5 minutes or so, stirring as needed until the onions have softened. Reduce the heat to medium low and cook for about 1/2 hour, stirring occasionally, until the onions are golden brown. Drain and refrigerate until cooled completely. In a bowl, combine the sour cream and yogurt with the granulated onion and salt until well blended. Fold in 2/3 of the cooked onions. Transfer the mix into a serving bowl, top with the remaining onions and serve with the chips and veggies.

On to a peanut dip that can go with almost anything. I prefer to pair it with leftover chicken and turkey, jammy eggs, cucumber spears, and sweet potato wedges. The dip is similar to the sauce when making a Chicken Satay.

When warm, it’s actually pourable, but when refrigerated, it becomes quite hard. It can be made and refrigerated in advance; just heat it on low when needed. This will give you 4 cups.

• Have Chef Continued from page 6 4 cups confectioner’s sugar 2/3 cup baking cocoa 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup mini M&M’s Sliced apples, strawberries, animal crackers, pretzels to dip In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in the sugars, cocoa, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Fold in the M&M’s and you are set to go with whatever your favorite dippers may be.

The last dessert is a fluffy option as compared to the last two. This one will give you 6 cups or so.

Lemon Fruit Dip 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 3 tsp grated lemon zest 6 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice Two 8 oz cartons of frozen whipped topping, thawed 8 drops of yellow food coloring, optional Assorted fresh fruit for dipping In a large bowl, mix the sugar, lemon juice and zest until well blended. Stir in the whipped topping as well as the food coloring if you care to use it. Refrigerate, covered, for at least 4 hours prior to serving. Serve with your favorite fruits for dipping. The dip can be prepared up to 3 days in advance of using.

Now let’s get to some real fun appetizer dips. One of my favorite meals is a wide array of appetizers to munch or graze. Many of the following have been part of my dinner options over the years vs. a sit-down meal. The first one is a great guacamole variation that will yield 4 cups.

chips for dipping In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Stir in the lime juice and salt, and serve with your favorite veggies and chips.

The next recipe is a great variation on the classic onion dip. My guess is that once you have made/tasted this one, it will be your new “go-to” onion dip for the future. This recipe is for 4 cups. It takes longer than most of the dip recipes, as you will need to caramelize the onions first.

Chunky Mango Guacamole 3 medium-large ripe avocados, peeled and chopped 1 large mango, peeled and chopped 1 large tomato, chopped 1 small red onion, diced fine 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro 3 tbsp fresh squeezed lime juice 1 tsp salt Assorted vegetables and tortilla

Caramelized Onion Dip 4 large sweet onions, diced 1/4 cup olive oil 1 1/2 cups sour cream 1 1/2 cups plain Greek yogurt 5 tsp granulated onion or onion powder 1 tsp salt Ripple potato chips, corn chips, various vegetables

Warm Curried Peanut Dip 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1/2 cup red curry paste Two 14.5 oz cans coconut milk 1 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter 2/3 cup rice vinegar 2 tbsp fish sauce In a large skillet, sauté the onions in

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Page 8 | ALONG ROUTE 16 | May 2020 • Have Chef Continued from page 7 3 tbsp honey Kosher salt Heat the oil in a medium sauce pan over medium heat. Add the curry paste and cook, stirring constantly until the paste starts to become fragrant and starts sticking to the bottom of the pan, about 2 to 3 minutes. Whisk in the coconut milk, bringing it all to a simmer.

Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture starts to turn darker as well as reducing somewhat, another 3 minutes or so. Remove the saucepan from heat, and immediately whisk in the peanut butter, vinegar, fish sauce and honey. Season with salt to taste.

Transfer to a serving bowl and serve with your favorite dippables.

Unless you are a vegan or lactose intolerant, pizza is a favorite of many.

Although I am a much bigger fan of a thin crust pizza, I’ll inhale any pizza, so why wouldn’t I be a huge fan of pizza dip? Judging by how quick a pizza dip disappears, I am guessing the general public seems to agree.

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Large loaf toasted French bread Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine the cream cheese, mayo, 1 cup of the mozzarella, green onions and parmesan. Mix well. Ideally, transfer the mixture to an oven safe stoneware pan. (I love these glassware pans in a big way. Most come in a 10 to 12-inch diameter. The smaller the diameter, the longer it will take to cook.)

Spread the cream cheese mixture on the bottom of the dish. Next, spread the pizza sauce over the cream cheese mixture.

Spread a combo of the remaining mozzarella cheese, as well as your favorite pizza toppings. Bake the dip for 30 minutes or so. Pop the bread in the oven for the last 10 minutes of the cooking process of the dip. Pull everything from the oven, cut the bread into bite-sized chunks and serve in a basket with the dip with fondue forks and go for it.

There are many taco dips that I love, but my favorite is a take-off on a jalapeno popper. As a general rule, jalapeno poppers come stuffed with either cream cheese or cheddar. This bad boy uses both and it’s delicious, plus we throw bacon in there for good measure.

Jalapeno Popper Dip 1 lb bacon, cooked crispy and diced Two 8 oz packages of cream cheese, room temp 1 cup mayo 4-6 jalapenos, seeded and chopped 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella 1/4 cup diced scallions 1 cup crushed Ritz crackers 3/4 cup parmesan cheese 1/2 stick butter, melted French bread, tortilla chips, fresh veggies Combine the first 7 ingredients into a medium bowl. Stir well. Transfer to an oven proof dish. The size of the dish depends on how thick the dip is. I like to use the same dish I use for the pizza dip. The dish size dictates how thick the dip will be, which will dictate how long it will take to cook. Top the dip with the combined last 3 ingredients. Cook the dip for about 1/2 hour. Use French bread, or tortilla chips or fresh veggies as the dippers. You will not be disappointed.

Let’s do something wicked tasty and

also very healthy at the same time, and that is a Roasted Vegetable Dip. This makes 8 cups or so.

Roasted Vegetable Dip 2 large red bell peppers 1 large zucchini 1 medium sweet onion 1 tbsp olive oil 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper One 8 oz package of cream cheese Assorted crackers and veggies Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Cut all the veggies into 1-inch pieces. Pop them all onto a large baking pan after tossing in the oil and seasoned with the salt and pepper and baked for 1/2 hour or until tender, stirring occasionally, or, grill them all if your grill is dying to be used. Cool the veggies completely.

Once cooled, put them in a food processor with the cream cheese until well blended. Refrigerate until ready to eat with crackers and vegetables. This dip can also be baked, which I prefer.

Last on my list is my favorite, and that is a classic Cheese Fondue, made with beer as well as cheddar and Swiss cheeses. This is truly as good as it gets and one of the best foods I have ever made/discovered.

Classic Cheese Fondue Two 12 oz beers (I use Budweiser) 20 oz shredded Swiss cheese 10 oz shredded sharp cheddar cheese 6 tbsp flour Toasted French bread Cooked ham steaks, diced into bite size pieces Put the shredded cheese in a bowl or Ziploc bag with the flour and make sure all the cheese is well coated. Bring the beer to a boil, and gradually add the cheese to the beer, stirring the whole time while bringing the heat down on the beer in the process. Have your bread toasted in the oven and dice it into 1-inch cubes, as well as the ham, and start dipping away with fondue forks. I could eat this bad boy all day!

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Ossipee Lake Remembrances Rowing Across the Lake

By Stephen Dennis (In the 1960s, when the author was a child, he and his family spent portions of every summer at his grandparent’s property, located on Deer Cove Road on the shore of Ossipee Lake. He shares some of his memories of those wonderful summers in upcoming issues of Along Route 16.)

I once took a small rowboat across Ossipee Lake on a windy day. A year or so before I did this I heard a story from my dad about how he had, as a young man, once rowed across the lake and back. Something about this story caught my imagination. It was 1968 and I was 11 years old. I decided that I too would row across the lake and back. I never mentioned this to anyone, probably because I knew I would be forbidden. I did not have a good sense of how long it would take to row across the lake.

I have always been an early bird.

I can remember stepping out of our cabin and hearing Gramp snore from outside his bedroom window just as the sun was rising from across the lake. One morning I was up before anyone else; this would be the day. I envisioned myself rowing ashore after crossing the lake and back, and running in to find my mom serving breakfast. I would have an adventure to share that would be sure to impress!

It was windy that day and there were whitecaps on the lake. Ossipee Lake is about three miles across, and the crossing took maybe five hours. I guess I sort of knew it was taking a bit longer than I had planned, but once started, I was powerfully determined to make it and I remember being focused on my goal. I was a little concerned people might be wondering where I was but I knew everything was fine. I would be back soon enough. The missing rowboat later became the only clue

The author, Stephen Dennis (far left) as a child with cousins on a typical Ossipee Lake summer.

to my concerned family as to where I might be.

Once I focused in on my task, I developed a rhythm with the oars and took pleasure from riding over the crests and falls of the waves. I was on a grand adventure. Rowing diligently, apparently for more hours than I realized, the far shore was finally coming into focus. I could make out individual cottages with their individual docks. There were people congregated who appeared to be looking my way. A number of speedboats seemed to be heading in my direction. Despite this observation, I couldn’t imagine they were coming to me - why would they? They didn’t even know me. With no light-bulb of recognition, I was oblivious.

The people in the speedboats heading toward me were waving as if I might be happy to see them. I waved back, feeling a little chagrined. They pulled right up to me. “You’re Stephen Dennis, aren’t you? Everybody has been looking for you.” I couldn’t imagine that anybody other than people I knew would think I had gone missing.

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who might be in a small red rowboat, I was found within minutes. And I had almost made it to the other side, too.

I was uncomfortable with the idea of being kidnapped by strangers but since they knew my name, my parents’ and grandparents’ names, I wisely decided to take them at their word. And my crossing had been going just fine. My desire to assert my independence was disrupted at the cusp of my success.

This was an awful lot of fuss about nothing. I begged to be allowed to continue but it was a no-go. “Climb in,” the boater said. It was an order. He reached out a hand.

Once he got hold of me, he abruptly pulled me right up and into his boat.

He did this in a forceful but not mean way. There was another fellow in the boat and he started tying my boat to the back of theirs as if he had every right to do what he wanted with my boat. It began to dawn on me that I might be in some trouble.

As all this was going on, the other boats caught up to the first and there was friendly and congratulatory banter among the all-male congregation. They were talking about me as if I wasn’t there, looking me over like I was a prize catch, each one happy at the chance to play a heroic part in finding the lost kid. With spirits high, the late comers turned and headed back with instructions to call the Dennis family and let them know I was found with the boat and we were on our way. We were across the lake in 10 minutes; the red rowboat skipping in our wake.

As we approached the shore, people were waiting on the dock. Everyone

was there: my parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, neighbors, their cousins, and their summer guests.

Many of them were people I didn’t know. They all stood as we got closer, some running toward the dock, people waving. I tried to make myself small in my seat.

Going through this crowd would be a bit like going through the hot oven, which was a game we used to play. The way it worked, everyone stood in a line all facing the same way, one behind the other, with their legs splayed open, creating a tunnel. When it was your turn, you would start at the front and crawl on your hands and knees through the tunnel as fast as you could. As you went through, everyone in their turn spanked your bottom as you went by.

You would crawl through as quick as you could and if you collapsed, which some people seemed to do with regularity, the playful spanking continued.

As we approached the waiting crowd, I wanted to get away. My eyes were nearly filled with tears, which only served to increase my mortification.

People wanted to say things to me, to admonish me. A woman tried to hug me, and this was worse! I pushed her away firmly and turned, head down, to march through this “hot oven” as quickly and resolutely as I could.

Once I had been properly and publicly humiliated, I stole away to my room.

This day would live in infamy. I lay on my bed fretfully reading a comic book for maybe half an hour and there was a knock on the door. It was my mom. She came in, sat on the bed, and we talked. Then we decided to go for a drive and talked, traveling casually along some of the nearby mountain roads. We eventually found ourselves a bit north along Route 16. Our conversation had long since moved from the lake to a broader discussion of life and growing up. It was a nonjudgmental discussion more like that between peers. I felt closer to my mom after this drive.

We stopped at the “Market in the Pines”, a little country store. We bought ice cream and sat in the parking lot. After my “row across the lake”, I was not punished.

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2020 Subaru Mt. Washington Hillclimb Rescheduled Officials with the Mt. Washington Auto Road in Gorham, New Hampshire, the Sports Car Club of New Hampshire and Subaru of America recently announced the nation’s oldest automobile Hillclimb, the historic Mt. Washington Hillclimb, scheduled for July 9 to 12, 2020, has been rescheduled to July 8 to 11, 2021 due to concerns surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Organized by the Sports Car Club of New Hampshire for the Mt. Washington Auto Road with support from Subaru of America, the 2020 Subaru Mt. Washington Hillclimb was to serve as a three-day motorsports festival from July 9 to 12. It was to have included an 80-car competition field filled with some of the best road race, hillclimb and rally drivers from across North America and around the world, as well as a contingent of rare vintage road race and rally cars, an autograph session, vendors, food trucks and other activities.

However, due to numerous health and safety concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic limitations imposed on large gatherings, interstate and international travel, limited lodging availability and most importantly, the health and safety of everyone involved with the Hillclimb, event officials made the difficult decision to reschedule the historic Hillclimb to July 8 to 11, 2021.

“As much as we’d like to welcome competitors, volunteers, sponsors and spectators to the 2020 Subaru Mt. Washington Hillclimb from July 9

Travis Pastrana rounding Cragway Turn on record run in 2017.

to 12, 2020 as planned, we feel that as event organizers it’s the safe and prudent thing to do for everyone concerned to reschedule the Mt. Washington Hillclimb to July 8 to 11, 2021,” stated Howard Roundy, event director for the Sports Car Club of New Hampshire. “We’d like to thank the officials, competitors, volunteers, sponsors and spectators for their support and understanding, as well as the management team at the Mt. Washington Auto Road and Bill Stokes, motorsports manager at Subaru of America, for their help and guidance in making this difficult decision.”

Also known as the “Climb to the Clouds,” the Mt. Washington Hillclimb is North America’s oldest automobile hillclimb event, first run in July of 1904—seven years before the first Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and 12 years prior to the inaugural Pikes Peak Hillclimb in Colorado. The Climb to the Clouds was run sporadically from 1904 to 1961, then not again until 1990, when it was run consistently until 2001. Following a

10-year break, the Mt. Washington Hillclimb returned in 2011 as part of the Mt. Washington Auto Road’s 150th anniversary celebration as the Auto Road first opened on August 8, 1861.

Since then, the Hillclimb has taken place in 2014 as well as 2017. Event officials, competitors, volunteers, and spectators have been looking forward to celebrating a 30-year milestone in July 2020 since the historic Hillclimb was brought back after a 29-year hiatus in July of 1990.

“We at Subaru Motorsports USA, like all racing fans, are disappointed that the Mt. Washington Hillclimb has been postponed. But the most important consideration is the health and safety of the teams and fans,” said Bill Stokes, motorsports manager for Subaru of America. “Since Travis Pastrana’s record-breaking win at the 2017 Hillclimb, our goal has been to return in 2020 to compete for another overall win and try to break that 2017 mark. We support the decision of the Mt. Washington Auto Road and the Sports Car Club of New Hampshire to postpone

of The Outdoor Foundation. The Outdoor Foundation and The Coleman Company, Inc., found in a Special Report on Paddlesports that 21.7 million Americans enjoyed paddling on rivers, lakes, streams, and other waterways in recent years. Paddlesports include canoeing, rafting, kayaking, and stand-up paddling.

Learning how to kayak does not involve a significant initial financial investment. Outdoor experts say there’s a good chance a novice kayaker will not go out and buy a boat immediately. It’s important to first get a feel for the sport and then go from there.

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Lakes are a great place to learn, as rivers and places with mild currents can overwhelm those new to the sport.

One of the easiest ways to get introduced to kayaking is to go with an experienced paddler or tour company.

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Beginner’s Guide to Kayaking Kayaking is a water sport that can be beneficial to the mind and body. Just about anyone willing to spend a day on the water can benefit from learning about kayaking and how to get started with this rewarding activity.

The history of kayaking is interesting. The word “kayak” means “hunter’s boat,” and the Inuit relied on these small vessels to catch food by sneaking up on their prey from the water’s edge.

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Kayakers should bring some essentials along. A dry pack can keep electronics, food and equipment dry. Remember to wear sunscreen and a hat to keep safe from the sun. A life vest also is essential.

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Family Fun Activities Photos courtesy Tin Mountain Conservation Center This time of the year opens up some great doors to nature. With hardly any biting insects (do check for ticks!) and the temperatures not too cold and not too hot, it is a great time to put on your spring jacket and boots (if heading into muddy areas) and take the family outdoors.

Cocoons and Other Pupal Cases Many insects metamorphose from larva to adult within pupal cases of various sorts attached to twigs of trees and bushes. We see them around the bushy edges of the yard and on the twigs of saplings along every trail we explore. We see them when we dig a little into the garden soil.

Sometimes you can tell that the adult has already emerged. Sometimes, there is a pinprick of a hole that likely means some even tinier creature has tunneled in and made a meal of the contents. Or the case has been torn open by a bird or raccoon.

Other times the case is intact and worth watching some more. We might mark it with a ribbon (making it easy to find again) and remind each other to check it again and again. Or we might cut the twig and put it in a glass of water on the screened porch, where we’ll observe it through the weeks ahead.

Pooh Sticks Winnie the Pooh thought he invented this game, although it is certainly as old as the world’s first bridge. Some outdoor lovers never cross a forest road bridge without playing a round or two. Everyone find a couple of sticks. Get to know your own. Long and peeled? Dark and curvy?

Forked? ONE. TWO. THREE. Drop

Pupa case of a sawfly (typeof wasp). them into the current on the upstream side of the bridge and then move to the downstream side and watch to see which wins the race. Go find more sticks!

Branch Bouquets This is the perfect time of year to cut some twigs from deciduous trees and put them in water indoors. Make sure you get the springy live ones. These could be just six inches long or over two feet if you have a big vase and space where they won’t tip over. Set them up like a twiggy bouquet and add more water when needed. You can cut some small branches from apple, cherry, maple – any live deciduous tree can work. Take a close look at the buds at the ends of each branch. Almost all buds are sheathed in a protective “scale”, sort of like a fish scale. Most are leaf buds, with all of the coming spring’s leaves in miniature, origamied there within. With luck you also have a few flower buds on your twigs. If you have branches from a variety of trees, it is fun to compare when and how their little leaves unfurl. Make a sketch or two, before and after.

Night Sky There is no better time for kids to enjoy the night sky. No bugs. Earlier sunset.

Not too cold. I recommend some sleeping pads and bags on a tarp in a field. Maybe a thermos of tea. A cloudless night and some sort of star finder tool if you are so inclined. Find a few constellations.

This is easier than ever, especially with the various cheap apps you can install on your phone. Friends say SkyView Lite app might be the most user-friendly. But you can also go analog, by printing out and assembling low-tech, adjustable star charts which you can dial to your date and time, and line up with your best guess of compass directions. You can do this! It is one of the great, lifelong gifts to give your child. You do not have to be an expert to find a handful of constellations. You can definitely find the big dipper (part of Ursa Major, the Great Bear). Also visible all night at this time of year is Cygnus (say, “SIG-nus”) the Swan, which looks like a big kite overhead. It is fun to learn just a few and come back to them night after

night until that feels easy.

Stone Wall Histories Spring is a great time to see stone walls and cellar holes. You may be aware of some near you. Finding and following them can really be a means of time travel. Imagine the families of the early 1800s who spent countless days of work building these walls – you can bet these were more than boundary lines. The “single course” walls mostly enclosed sheep pastures. The wider walls, often a “double course” of large rocks with smaller stones filling the spaces between, would have enclosed crop fields or gardens. If you don’t know where to find these, ask your town’s historical society, or the Upper Saco Valley Land Trust, or check out the great trails at Tin Mountain’s property in Jackson on Tin Mine Road.

You will also find cellar holes as you walk the old roads of most any New England town. Now most of these look like vaguely rectangular depressions in the forest floor, edged with stone walls. Most families constructed cellar holes on top of which to frame their wooden houses (which often had bigger footprints than the cellars). Before refrigeration, cellars like these were essential for cold, but not freezing storage of apples, potatoes and other produce. Many cellar holes had a substantial stone platform to support the house’s chimney. These stone works remain, while the chimney and house materials long since burned, rotted or were hauled away.

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Yester year Jeremy Belknap – Curious and Courageous Mountain Explorer

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper In our modern day, very few places on earth are so remote that they cannot be reached, but in the 17th and 18th centuries, many areas were unknown and unexplored. People wondered what lay beyond New England’s more populated places, but few were in a position to head out to explore the wilderness. In New Hampshire, some areas were remote and no one knew much about what these distant areas were like or if others lived in the woods and mountains.

One man who made it his job to learn about what lay beyond was Jeremy Belknap. He wrote a popular, well-respected three-volume book titled “History of New Hampshire”, and it was, according to Wikipedia.org, “the first modern history written by an American, embodying a new rigor in research, annotation, and reporting”.

Belknap was a scholar and writer, and he was also interested in exploration.

Heading into the unknown was what Jeremy Belknap, a New Hampshire citizen, seemed to live for and what he did best.

Unexplored areas and rough wilderness trails did not daunt him. In the 1780s, Belknap, who was living in Dover, New Hampshire, set off to see for himself what the White Mountain region of the state held in store.

Belknap was born in 1744 in Boston, Massachusetts and died in 1798, and in

his relatively short life was never content with just one profession or residence. He was known to be a minister, an historian and a scientist. It was in the title of scientist that Belknap decided to travel through the White Mountain region. He made the dangerous and taxing trip with a group of fellow scientists and religious men, and called his trip a “genuine tour of the wilderness.”

The trip was important for a number of reasons, and according to “Forest and Crag” by Laura and Guy Waterman, “The climb marks the first time in America when serious scientists visited and observed that strange new world above the treeline.” Also, the trip was thought to be the occasion on which the mountain (Mount Washington) was named, in honor of General (at that time, not yet President) George Washington.

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Soon after, the group traveled north and then west of the mountains on a horrible, nearly impassable road. Intermittent rain drenched the travelers and their packs, and it can only be imagined the physical discomfort they felt. Relief was in sight the next day, when the party reached the home of Joseph Whipple northwest of Franconia Notch. At Whipple’s home, they rested and dried their clothing while working out the next portion of their ex-

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A day or so later, Belknap led his followers south through Franconia Notch.

Today tourists are in awe of the spectacular landscapes in this area; it must have been an unbelievable area for these early travelers to first set eyes upon. At one point the group rested in a meadow “surrounded on all sides with mountains,” Belknap wrote.

Although a very difficult trip, it brought out the naturalist in Belknap, and the wilderness sites in this area must have touched him deeply. In a letter to a colleague, Belknap wrote, “Stupendous mountains, hanging rocks, chrystal [sic] streams, verdant woods, the cascade above...all conspire to amaze, to delight,

to soothe, to enrapture.”

The Franconia area may have been Belknap’s favorite stretch of the journey, for he writes of leaving that spot with great regret as the group headed further south.

In portions of the trek a bit more populated, Belknap and his group met settlers, or “vulgar” mountain people, as he called them. These people believed that the White Mountains held spirits and never dared to venture to the northern area.

Indeed, some of mountain settlers asked the ministers in Belknap’s group to exorcize the spirits of the mountains! As a minister, as well as a highly educated man (Belknap was educated at Harvard), the people and their strange superstitions must have baffled him.

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left the group of explorers at Conway and traveled a route along the Saco River to Fryeburg, Maine. He soon found his way home to Dover, after traveling with a man he met along the way.

The long journey satisfied the curious Belknap, but his muscles must have ached from the 223 miles he traveled in just a short span of 12 days. Any disaster might have befallen the group, and these were not days of ambulances and mountain rescue crews.

As a scientist, Belknap was well pleased with the exploration. At the time, scientific experiment was in its infancy, and the chance to observe so many natural sites on the trek to the northern region added greatly to Belknap’s knowledge.

The trip also dispelled many common myths and legends about spirits and lost civilizations lurking in the White Mountains. Some thought the mountains were white because gems hung to the sides of the cliffs. As Belknap discovered, and later reported to a disappointed public, it was nothing more than ice and the ever-present northern New Hampshire snow that made the mountains white.

Belknap wrote to a friend, “So, my good friend, you see I have arrived at the reputation of a conjuror. I have been asked, since I came home, whether I did not hear terrible noises among the mountains. O the power of nonsense, superstition, and folly! When will mankind make use of their senses and be wise!”

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NH Outside with Emma Spring Tree and Shrub Pruning

By Emma Erler It’s not uncommon for trees and shrubs to suffer broken limbs during storm events, and home gardeners are often curious if there is a way to reattach or take cuttings from branches.

Though these methods are sometimes successful, they require a lot of knowledge and patience, and in the majority of cases aren’t worth the effort.

Pruning out broken branches usually helps trees and shrubs in the long run. If there are still plenty of remaining branches along the trunk, these will grow more vigorously as the tree tries to replace what it lost. With careful pruning, it is often possible to train limbs to fill in a blank area.

It is rarely possible to successfully reattach broken limbs. Trying to cable or tie them back to the main trunk is almost always wasted energy. Unlike people, woody plants are unable to heal damaged tissues. Instead, they compartmentalize wounds with layers of cells that prevent the damage from spreading any further. Thus, the damaged wood does not grow back together again, and even if the branch manages to survive, it will be very weak because its vascular systems has been severely compromised. Additionally, it will never be possible to remove the

ties or cables that hold a broken branch in place, which could mean a permanent eyesore in the landscape.

Some gardeners may also wonder if it is possible to root a broken branch.

Sadly, large branches cannot be rooted in their entirety, but a few small twig cuttings may be salvageable. While it is possible to grow many types of trees and shrubs from cuttings, it is no easy task.

Very few species will root from cuttings that are stuck directly into the ground. It is almost always necessary to pot them up and use rooting hormones

and some type of propagation chamber to keep humidity high. A greenhouse with a misting bench is ideal, though lower-tech options such as putting potted cuttings inside of a clear plastic bag or using trays with clear plastic high-domed lids can sometimes work too.

To complicate matters further, trees and shrubs have optimum stages of wood maturity for rooting stem cuttings: softwood, semi-hardwood and hardwood. Softwood cuttings are taken from new, tender growth in the spring through the early summer.

Semi-hardwood cuttings come from current season’s growth just after the growth flush and hardwood cuttings are taken from mature, dormant stems in the late fall, winter or spring. Many trees and shrubs can only be successfully propagated during one of these growth phases.

Birch cuttings, for example, are most likely to root if they are taken at the softwood stage of maturity. So, if a birch branch breaks off in May or June, it might be possible to get a few cuttings to root, but rooting is unlikely if the branch were to fall in the late summer or winter. The key to success is knowing exactly which tree or shrub you have and following research-based propagation guidelines for that particular species.

All in all, when a tree or shrub has a broken branch, it is almost always easier to cut your losses and remove it. As long as the trunk and the majority of the main branches are still intact, the plant will recover.

(Courtesy of UNH Extension, Ask UNH Extension. The UNH Extension staff is knowledgeable about a number of topics, from gardening to food preservation and more. Information is reprinted with permission of UNH Extension.)

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