I took that photo nearly a year ago, on an amazing weekend trip to Vermont with my good friend Sara.  Our fantastic hostess was Jenna Woginrich, who runs a small farm in the southern left corner of the state and writes an incredibly honest and inspiring blog called Cold Antler Farm.  We spent our time with her eating food made with ingredients from the backyard, drinking hot cider and cold beer, watching sheepdog trials in Cooperstown, NY and helping with farm chores.  And of course, I took an obscene amount of photos, which Jenna has been kind enough to feature on her website from time to time.

On a whim, I uploaded a few to the photo section of the Mother Earth News website.  I was contacted by someone who told me they were considering publishing one or two of them and to my (ridiculously happy) surprise, they featured the above photo in their October/November issue which is out on stands RIGHT NOW.  (Trust me on this – I rushed to the bookstore during my only prep today so I could buy a copy.  When I get my complimentary copy in the mail, it will go to Sara.)  If you’ve got a copy sitting at home, open up to page 15 to see the proof.

So, thank you to Jenna and the fine folks over at Mother Earth News.  I can’t think of a better way to start my favorite month of the year…or a better (slightly early) birthday present!  In honor of this little milestone and in celebration of the fact that it’s October and truly (finally) feels like Autumn, I went back and re-edited some of my favorite photos from that weekend up in Vermont last year since I actually have professional software now.  You can view them in a new featured gallery over here.

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