Color me a picture

Aww...the beauty of autumn...carved pumpkins, hot apple cidar, wagon hayrides, red, brown, orange, yellow, scarlet leaves, the whiff of smoke coming from a chimney, hot apple pie. Raindrops on roses, & whiskers on kittens...just kidding! :) I'm in New England this week. Really, I am working, but in my spare time, I'm trekking around Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, & Connecticut taking in the colors. I've loaded some pics below. Before you ho-hum about the colors, or lack thereof, note that New England had a pretty wet summer which has resulted in a bland array of foliage. Having said that, the colors are still beautiful and I will be back another year...& just enjoy the scenary without combining work with the trip!



If you know where to look, you'll find many such photo opportunites of quaint farms nestled amongst fall foliage & small valleys. I found even more great scenes, but didn't have enough light for anyone to see anything.

A part of the little hamlet of E. Corinth, Vermont. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a shot that included the steeple church & the rest of the surrounding houses, but Vermont has many such photogenic places.

As I mentioned earlier, the colors this year aren't as vibrant as they can be. The trees each seem to have their own schedule. Some are pretty much bare already, while some are just starting to turn. While it's true that different types of trees tend to turn early or late, a good year of foliage has a lot more uniformity in color change than this year.

Stanton Hall in Huntington, Massachusetts.

Not only do I like creeks, brooks, rivers, lakes, etc., but it was so beautiful to watch the leaves gently floating off the trees & into the stream. Taken off the Jacob's Ladder Scenic Byway.

A trail off of the Jacob's Ladder scenic byway. This byway follows Rte. 20 between the Massachusetts towns of Lee & Russell in the western part of the state.

Does a rake & an afternoon in the brisk autumn air sound like fun to you?

Orange, red, & scarlet leaves are what draw so many "leaf peepers" to New England. This pic is in the town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Yet another picturesque white steepled church, this one is in Connecticut, in a small town on Route 44 in the northwest part of the state.