Please 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 moreAs you probably know, Giving Tuesday is a relatively new invention but not by our friends at Hallmark cards. No, it was our friends at the 92nd Street Y in New York City in 2012 who decided that the world needed a day that encourages us to do good. One could argue that this would be better as an everyday
Read moreIf there is a place in Weston that inspires obsession, it is the ruins of the historic Merriam Barn (circa 1876). The Owl has written about it a number of times and can be found walking around it at least once a week. The vastness of the ruins, the gigantic ramp now to nowhere, and the ancient sugar maples standing
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 moreRegistration is still open for the Weston Forest & Trail Association Cross-Weston Walk on Sunday October 30. So far, 18 intrepid hikers have signed up without apparently being aware that I am going to be making up our route as I go along. Oh fine, I am actually pretty confident of the route though bear in mind you are on
Read moreLet it be known (as if it isn’t already) that the Owl has always been biased towards the conservation efforts in this town. Full disclosure is that the Owl is in her second term as an executive board member with Weston Forest & Trail Association, the 501c3 which works with the Conservation Department to preserve and protect Weston’s open space
Read moreIf you were waiting with bated breath for what shenanigans the Owl was going to report on this morning, please know that the Owl is having an exceptionally bad weekend that has flowed quite literally into Monday. Yes, apparently some pipe or drain or something in Owl headquarters has simply given up, or perhaps, if I want to look at
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
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