Rosslyn Redux

Tag: Doug Decker

  • Old Glory & Mud Season

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    I recently returned to Rosslyn after almost two months away. It was my single longest absence since buying the house in July 2006, and the extended hiatus was a bit surreal. I departed Essex in February and returned in April! For readers familiar with life in the Adirondacks, you’ll remember that we have the distinction…

  • Orchard Update: Apricots & Peaches

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    An early and mostly temperate spring has given us a jump start in Rosslyn’s gardens and meadows. The new orchard behind the carriage barn, already planted with plum trees and pear trees, has almost doubled in size over the last couple of weeks with the addition of apricots and peaches. Doug Decker, our carpenter-turned-jack-of-all-trades-handyman who…

  • Rosslyn’s Boathouse in Early 1990s

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    I’ve just concluded a Champlain Area Trails (CATS) board meeting on a high note. Or, to be more precise, a fellow board member finished the meeting on a high note by handing me this handsome painting of our boathouse during drier times. Bill Amadon — Essex based gardener, trail builder and painter — has created…