Just after 7 a.m. we were treated to this sunrise. Our home faces due east. Last night we went to bed listening to the call of a barred owl. This morning Phosphorous, the light bringer, gifted us this. "Rosy-fingered dawn" (Ancient Greek: ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς, rhododáktulos Ēṓs) is a famous Homeric epithet—a descriptive formulaic phrase—used repeatedly by Homer in the Iliad and the Odyssey to personify Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn. This morning at Fruitlands was indeed myth

We finally had a chance to scout out some colors today in other places around the area. The one photo taken out of a window is the half circle north window in the Alcott Suite. I took that and the photo of Molly's Falls Pond below Fruitlands after we arrived back here around 4:30. The photo with the Brickett's Crossing sign is the road that leads to the "winterized" camp in West Danville above Joe's Pond where we spend our first winter after college 51 years ago. The rest are

Our farm stand and apple sales and U Pick open all day most days. A reminder that we are closed on Saturday and open again at 9 on Sunday. Our organic Cortlands are prime right now. Simply delicious. Our prices are substantially below other local orchards that are NOT organic. I have about 800 lbs in the garage at the moment. That is not even 25% of what I have to pick. Come on out and help us to "re home" our apples! The colors out here are fantastic. Boxes of culls, lots of

Some of our many rows of sunflowers. Autumn Beauty 9/12/26 at 2 pm.

Cabot Ride the Ridges is a collection of great rides, runs, walks, and community enthusiasts. Register for a ride that best fits you, start at the Cabot Common, and witness our beautiful Vermont scenery. One of the routes brings you up our Thistle Hill and right by Fruitlands.

Whether you are a guest in our B&B or a family here during this U Pick raspberry and blueberry season, we invited you to walk through our many flower gardens. Sit on the Memorial Garden bench. Linger. Watch the hummingbirds and butterflies. Soak in the bird songs and gentle breezes. This photo album was taken late on Sunday, August 2, 2026. It is just a small sampling of the many faces of Fruitlands.

When you stay with us during the summer months, this will be your view out the breakfast-table window. The bronze sculpture is name Fly Away. She is releasing a little song bird. We love hollyhocks at Fruitlands. To us they are a symbol of putting down deep roots and seeding themselves as a promise of another year to come. This year we even have "volunteers" that have come up in the stones of the driveway. Hollyhocks develop a long, thick taproot that burrows straight down, r

The rainbows that we get here are always unexpected and always awe inspiring. Earlier in June we went through some very wet weather day after day. And then this...mid afternoon.

This is our 52nd Christmas tree. The majority of the decorations were either made by Janet or other family members. The snow has come earlier this year. It seems more like the beginning of winter as we remember from many years ago. Christmas at Fruitlands 2025

"We had such a lovely time here. We enjoyed getting to know our hosts and watching the bear eating apples. Great location, yummy breakfasts. Wouldn't change a thing." ~Atlanta, GA As I was updating our Guest Book, it occurred to me that we needed to archive our biggest organic apple fan. This past weekend we would see him / her come back 4-5 times during the day and simply lie down under one of 0ur apple trees and gorge on apples. We are guessing that it is two years old from

Ms. Flyaway among the hollyhocks. This is right in front of the large arched kitchen window just outside the breakfast table. Not a bad...

A late-afternoon walkabout to highlight many of the flowers starting to shine here at Fruitlands. As you can see (this is not all of...

On this day in 1843, a group of three adults and five children made its way from Concord to the town of Harvard. Their destination was an...

Our B&B guests last night biked here and are now heading back to Franconia NH via Wells River. As you might imagine, we were excited to...

Fruitlands is 50 miles from Quebec, Canada. We have a great admiration for Canada and its people. We have many college friends who live...

Applesauce Sunday at Fruitlands. Start to finish it will be about 4 hours. 80 lbs. of organic Cortlands. Most of this will be served to...

We just said au revoir to our guests from Quebec City. They biked here from a round- about trip from Waterbury and are returning there...

Our flower gardens are in their glory right now. You are invited to visit and to walk around our gardens. You do not have to be a B&B...

We had five guests last night, July 4th. The three fellows in the photo biked here from Newfound Lake in NH. 80+ miles. This morning they...

Brian McCandless, our guest this weekend at Fruitlands,, graced us at the Memorial Garden with several songs on his highland bag pipes....