Things are starting to feel a lot like springtime. The air is full of the smell of the earth waking up, the smell of fresh dirt, and the warm wind is refreshing after the dark days of winter. There is still snow in the occasional spot here and there, but most of Burlington has shed …

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I originally didn’t have a plan for what tree I was going to search out among the many on my site, but after spotting a paper birch down by the water I figured I would use it for identification. I’ve always like Paper Birch. When I was younger I would harvest the peeling sheets of …

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