Carolyn Bates

18th Annual Flynn Garden Tour The venerable Flynn Garden Tour brings you gardens great and small; suburban and country; meadow and woodland. And this year, we also celebrate art in the gardens. You’ll find lavishly planted five-acre hillsides that pack four seasons of flowers into shady ledges and homesteaders who are as fond of espaliered apples as egg-laying Muscovy ducks. Specimen seekers will watch for redwood, redbud, weeping conifers, wisteria and other unusual plants that push the limits of this climate. This is just a sampler of the mix of Flynn Garden Tour destinations that … [Read more...]

Gordon and Mary Hayward’s one-and-one-half-acre garden surrounds their 240-year-old farmhouse in southern Vermont. Over the past twenty-six years they have developed a hybrid of Old England and New England gardens to reflect Gordon’s past growing up on an orchard in northwestern Connecticut and Mary’s past growing up on a farm outside Chipping Campden in the North Cotswold Hills of England. The garden, the subject of their book The Intimate Garden (WW Norton, 2005) is comprised of fourteen garden rooms. One area includes a pair of ninety-foot-long perennial borders that terminates in a … [Read more...]

Architect: Patrick Kane This south facing house runs along the shore line to maximize views and passive solar effect. Becuase the building is sited in mature forest, to minimize disturbance to trees and thus the house is well screened from the street and lake. Squam Lake is a summer and winter seasonal camp that can sleep 20 people which is perfect if you have a arge extended family. There are three “wigwams” built for bedrooms, communal living spaces and guest areas. The exterior uses zink siding because of its ablility to blend in with the mature beech trees. I think it is the first … [Read more...]

Going to the Steamboat Ticonderoga tonight at Shelburne Museum. Absolutely perfect night. Rain first, then sky cleared just over Burlington, according to our iphone....and the real weather. So we enjoyed fireworks. Isn't it wonderful to be able to do composite photos now!! Thank you Kimberly DuBrul and your team for a perfect evening. About the Steamboat Ticonderoga(text from Shelburnemuseum.org) The restored 220-foot steamboat Ticonderoga is a National Historic Landmark and the last walking beam side-wheel passenger steamer in existence. Built in Shelburne in 1906, it operated as a … [Read more...]

See how the perfect mix of design, innovation, and architecture can be brought together to give the owner ultimate privacy. It is one of the first houses designed by architect Patrick Kane while working for Gossens & Bachman Architecture. For ultimate privacy: Windows totally covered by huge shutters and an outdoor patio secluded by using huge sliding metal doors For available light and privacy: numerous sylights.   For sustainability: Flat green roof, with grasses decreased the carbon foot print, many years ahead of its time. About the Project: Gossens & … [Read more...]

For the third year in a row, my photo was selected by the jury to be in the ASMP AIA Convention show in Chicago! Now, thanks to Judy Davis, I can show everyone. ©All Rights Reserved Weston Imaging, HDPhoto Please contact the following if you'd like to share the photos and/or information: Judy@HDPhoto.com       … [Read more...]

ARTspace – "Photos of Syria, Then and Now", by Peter Aaron August 16 to September 7Location: ARTspace Gallery 71 Palatine Rd Germantown, NY Saturdays 11 -5 & Sundays 11 – 3 Or by appointment artspace@gtel.net Opening Reception August 16, 5 – 7germantownartspace.com More about the Exhibit: During the Syrian Civil War many magnificent structures, hundreds and even thousands of years old, have been severely damaged or destroyed. In 2009, internationally acclaimed architectural photographer Peter Aaron visited Syria and during the course of several weeks recorded much of the … [Read more...]

Dr G and Tracey are the funniest and finest dentist and assistant that I know. They watch what is going on with my teeth so I do not run into problems in the future. Just today I went in to have a crack fixed in a molar. With a cool pack over my eyes I was perfectly comfortable for over an hour of work. And with photos, I can see that they are also artists with teeth! My stay kept me laughing for hours, even though, I was now sporting a temporary 1/2 crown and a newly sculpted molar. And there was NO PAIN. Even after I left. I actually totally forgot I had had work done on my teeth. A real … [Read more...]

Fabric and fern leaves sizzle deep into the concrete forms that bend, twist, and meld into sensual textured exterior walls and columns of Sandy Lawton’s newest HOT design perched high up in the Green Mountains. You want to reach out and touch the walls, feel the patterns, and lean back against the columns. Sandy collaborated with the owner, Pierre Moffroid to formulate the design to perfection. Cascading down a steep hill, the house is angled, pitched, and tilted to create 270 degree views all along the desk, with doors leading into the grand room, master suite, and guest … [Read more...]

I recently had a chance to see a video by Ryan Siemers centering around architecture and his daughter in the Skyways of Minneapolis. It was so great that I had to share.   Ryan Siemers and Craig Hinrichs from Architecture Minnesota on Vimeo. Videotect Viewers' Choice FinalistAbout Architecture Minnesota Architecture Minnesota is the award-winning regional design magazine of the American Institute of Architects Minnesota. We produce videos on Minnesota architects and the buildings they design for architecturemn.com. We also sponsor an annual urban-design-themed video competition called … [Read more...]

Rising to the Challenge Story by Peter Coolidge • Photos by Carolyn BatesMarch/April 2014 • Vermont Magazine Artistic insight and design created a fine lakeside home that affords big views and value while utilizing a small piece of property. Designing a house can be a challenge. Designing a house to be pleasing to the eye and in tune with its surroundings, making the best use of light and the land it is to be built on, can be as well. But designing a house with these criteria in mind and designing it to sit on the footprint of the old home it will serve to replace—plus acting as project … [Read more...]

I just got an email from author Doug Keister about his newest book Bullets, Baubles and Bones! Take a look!  About the Book: At the beginning of the 20th Century, Mother Russia was in turmoil. After Tsar Nicolas abdicated and the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, jewels and gold bullion streamed out of Russia. In 1918, when Tsar Nicolas and his family were assassinated, the first volley of bullets bounced off of the Grand Duchess Anastasia because hundreds of jewels were sewn into her corset. This led to decades long speculation that she had survived. But, what happened to the … [Read more...]

For the third year in a row, my photo was selected by the jury to be in the ASMP AIA Convention show in Chicago! 2014 AIA National Convention Change :: Culture | Community | Commitment Chicago, IL, June 26–28, 2014 The 2014 AIA National Convention is coming to Chicago and will take place at McCormick Place, June 26–28, 2014. Owing to its architectural prowess and cultural heft, Chicago is one of the more highly anticipated host cities for the annual convention. The annual convention is an opportunity to elevate the presence and accomplishments of AIA Chicago, as the city plays host to the … [Read more...]

Check out my photograph of the view from Mount Philo which is one of one of four featured in LCC's new note card sets! News from Lake Champlain Committee Miss being on or around the lake? You can view the lake year-round even when you're not lakeside with LCC's color note cards. An eight-card set includes two cards each of four different beautiful lake scenes. At $10 for members, $14 if you haven't joined yet, they're a great deal. (Shipping and handling is extra.) Give them as gifts to fellow lake lovers, buy several sets to stay in touch with people you care about and know that your … [Read more...]

John Paul will be coming to Burlington, VT JUNE 29, 2014 to the Hotel Vermont from 10am -4pmContact Programs@vtprophoto.org for more info and to sign up. Fill out the online VPP Form.Sponsored by Vermont Professional Photographers. *** "I have taken several workshops with John Paul Caponigro and heard him speak on many occasions. He is a very knowledgable, soft- spoken teacher who is very generous with his creative energies. Whenever I have heard him speak, I have been inspired to take time to search for my own vision. He is truly someone who tries to help his students develop their own … [Read more...]