Lore holds that ancient pagans fashioned the evergreen’s branches into wearable crowns and believed that displaying it indoors would repel evil spirits and hasten the return of spring.
Here I’ve listed eight Maine trails that travel through lovely forests that remain rich green year round, being that they’re mostly composed of various evergreen trees ... the thick evergreen canopy.
This story was originally published in May 2023. Ordinarily, when my phone rings and I see a number that I don’t recognize, I’ll let it go to voicemail. Recently, I received a call from Battle Lake, Minnesota...That’s when he dropped the bomb on me ... ....
While evergreen trees are a staple of Christmas, they mean so much more to Aspen and the surrounding White River National Forest than holiday decoration ... “Evergreen trees do a lot of heavy lifting for Aspen year-round,” Gale said.
Most Christmas trees are firs and spruces, but New Jersey has several other beautiful and important native evergreens to toast this season ... New Jersey’s native evergreens embody endurance and winter beauty..
Owners of the Little BearSaloon in Evergreen have resolved legal differences that cast a pall over the longtime music venue this year, allowing it to avoid a receivership or closure.
This story was originally published in March 2019 ... I’d nearly forgotten about the beaver that I watched carry wood across a pond in Aroostook County, and the newborn fawn I spied ambling across a field near Moosehead Lake ... All of this in Maine ... Credit.
This story was originally published on Dec. 10, 2014. There are so many things that signify the holidays in Maine. Tree lighting ceremonies in downtowns. The jingle of Salvation Army bell ringers outside big stores ...Sometimes even a helicopter ... Mew! ... ....
Aesop’s Fables are some of the most famous ancient Greek tales with moral lessons in history, and many of the tales are used to guide children. Image. “Aesop Tells his Fables” by Johann Michael Wittmer. Credit. Public Domain... ....