A high of 33F and cloudy with freezing rain. Mountains shrouded in mist. Tea with a friend.
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Daily Catskills: 12/22/17
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Green Tea Iced Lollies
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If you’re hiding out in the mountains, with no desire to go any further than the hammock, but have a hankering for something sweet and icy…
My pal Esther De Jong from Green Label Home bought me some extremely cute iced lollipop moulds for my birthday and now I’m experimenting with yoghurt and cream. Sadly, vodka won’t freeze but tea will and we all know how I feel about tea. Organic Traveler’s Tea blends the best organic tea for hikers called Trekker’s Reprieve with gunpowder green tea, orange peel, cinnamon and blue vervain. It’s refreshing hot and spectacular cold: a gorgeous, healthful, cold hiking drink and now, an iced lolly. Here’s the recipe:
Artist’s Reception in Hunter, Alix Hallman Travis
Travis, A.H., Winter Apples with Turkeys, o/c, 30×30 in.
An artist’s reception this weekend for “Catskill Mountain Life; a celebration of community”, paintings by Alix Hallman Travis at THE CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION’S KAATERSKILL FINE ARTS & CRAFTS GALLERY, Hunter Village Square, Hunter, New York, from 1pm to 3pm.
Exhibition hours: Friday & Saturday 10am to 4pm, Sunday 10am to 3pm or by appointment.
Daily Catskills: 04/03/16
27F at noon with 6 inches of overnight snow and high winds causing snowdrifts. More afternoon snow.
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Daily Catskills: 03/04/16
30F by 10am and cloudy with a slight breeze. 34F by mid-afternoon.
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The Catskill 35 (W): Wittenberg
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A couple of accidents on the peaks – Kaaterskill and Sherrill – this past week remind us how treacherous winter hiking can be. It’s not only the cold, icy terrain that’s a threat; if you’re tired or hungry, circumstances can quickly go from uncomfortable to dangerous. Once fatigue sets in, an ordinarily innocent stumble on a boulder can easily turn into a fall or disable a knee or ankle. In addition, if your under layers are soaked in sweat a rest break could allow them to freeze. These are potentially fatal conditions. Listen to your instinct when it says you’re really too tired to attempt to climb up that 50-feet-high vertical pile of jagged rocks. Except, I didn’t.
Daily Catskills: 12/26/15
38F at 9am, mostly cloudy rising to 43F by 2pm.
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Daily Catskills: 11/15/15
45F at 10am with brilliant sunshine and wispy layers of cloud, rising to 48F and warm in the sunshine.
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