Nature Notes at Netop; The Cabin in the Woods (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1918 Excerpt: ... white baby goat, the exact image of his mother, has come upon the scene. "When we got to Netop everything looked rejuvenated after the rain. The forget-me-nots by the brook had about doubled in size. Elizabeth harvested her roses in the garden; we cut a large lot of asparagus beet greens and then hurried home to Sunday dinner (at 1.30 P.m.). HE honeysuckle at the corner of the cabin is in full bloom. At the opposite corner the polygonum baldschuanicum, which is a very rapid grower, has already climbed to the eaves. The crimson rambler, which Elizabeth transplanted in the garden last year, has been blossoming for several weeks, although it is no larger than when first set out--just a scrubby little plant about fourteen inches high. Our car was laid up in the Franklin hospital for ten days, and we have been learning to play golf (a game which I have always associated with the superannuated and feeble-minded or mentally deficient). To these two apparently unrelated facts it is due that we did not visit Netop for two or three weeks, and when we did resume our visits we were most agreeably surprised to find CHAPTER III OVER THE MOHAWK TRAIL the new state highway completed right to our back door. All the steep grades have been reduced and the road is open over the Notch to Amherst and nearly completed. The Italian workmen are still camped up toward the Notch and are putting a few last finishing touches here and there. When we are at the cabin we still hear them going home at five P.m., singing or whistling snatches of grand opera. When we pass their camp at dusk they usually wave a forkful of macaroni in friendly greeting. Saturday afternoon at two o'clock Elizabeth and I fared forth in the Franklin for Bennington, Vt., --eighty-six miles from Holyoke. We followed...