. Today, Sunday, March 5 at 2 pm, please join WFTA for its monthly walk, this time covering parts of two Conservation areas. Yours truly, the Owl, in her guise as a WFTA trustee, will lead intrepids on a challenging 3 mile-ish hike through College Pond and Ogilvie Forest conservation properties which are linked by connector trails across Concord Road. Snow,
Read moreThe Weston Owl has a pyramid of land conservation trust love–maybe a trifecta, First (and bias alert, I’m a trustee of the top level) comes Weston Forest & Trail Association, then Lincoln Land Conservation Trust and then Sudbury Valley Trustees. What LLCT and SVT have that WFTA, as all-volunteer-led organization, does not are fantastic education programs, pollinator plant kits and
Read moreToday is finally the day, Weston, after waiting almost two months of winter to get the first ‘real’ snowfall. My Nordic skis have spent an unhappy time in the trunk waiting to get out and schuss. And today, they were free at last–to explore Highland Town Forest, one of the three largest conservation properties in Weston. Am I allowed to
Read moreEvery year right after Thanksgiving, the ornaments begin to appear on the small trees and larger ones too at intersection 4 in Ogilvie Town Forest. In ones and twos they arrive, and then finally a crate (this year a larger box) shows up. The holiday decorations (while defying a good photo in the three shown here) seemingly fly onto branches
Read morePlease join Weston Forest and Trail Association trustees on Sunday, December 4th at 2 PM to explore the Sears Land and Melone Homestead. Enjoy a special holiday treat and explore the history of the old Sears Estate. Walkers leave right from town green (so you have time to catch the Golden Ball Tavern Open House) and will then walk over
Read moreOn Sunday, November 6 at 2 pm, Weston Forest & Trail Association trustees will lead their second official (and third overall counting last weekend’s Cross-Weston walk) hike on conservation land for this “walk year” of October-May. You can check out the upcoming walks and their descriptions on the WFTA website. Doublet Hill is one of the three public viewpoints towards
Read moreYesterday, 23 hikers set off from the Lincoln border on a 9.3-mile tour of Weston with an ultimate destination of Carisbrooke Reservation in Wellesley. Most of the walk followed Weston’s Green Corridor–the leafy left side of the map where one can walk trails rather than roads from north to south–until you hit route 30. Not to get into it again,
Read moreJoin Weston Forest & Trail Association trustees this Sunday, October 2, at 2 PM for the first WFTA Sunday Walk of the new season, a 65-year tradition. The walk will start behind Lamson Park near the Town Green, hike through woods down to the Rail Trail, under Concord Road passing by the murals painted by high school students, and dip
Read moreAs many Westonians know, there is a long-standing rivalry in Weston between the coveted northside and the desirable southside.* While it does not reach the level of Golden Ball Tavern (loyalist) vs Josiah Smith Tavern (all patriot all the time) competition which caused cannons to be rolled down Boston Post Road (oh fine, that was actually General Knox and K9
Read moreThere is no dearth of activities in and around Weston this weekend–you’ll have to have your Harry Potter Time Turner or whatever to make it work for you. With luck, I will be able to cover a small portion of them here including the WWRA Ergfest, the Phantom Gourmet fest in Waltham and several high school parties this weekend. Oh,
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