Gun Club Pond

I call this "Gun Club Pond" for two reasons:

1. It's next to an outdoor gun club in Madison, NH
2. My husband can't remember the name of it and I'm too lazy to look up

New England Autumn #1

Taken by Cole Scott on a pond 15 minutes from our home.  

First Monday in October

What would you rather see posted today?

A photograph of the Supreme Court ready to meet for the new term...

...0r a beautiful Autumn scene from Meredith Harbor, Lake Winnipesauikee, NH?  

Not even a toss up, right?

HAPPY FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER, EVERYONE!

Best Time of the Year

About an hour from home is the largest lake in New Hampshire, Winnipesaukee.  This little corner of the lake is the "poor side" as opposed to the "rich side" distinguished by Meredith, Wolfeboro, Governor's Island.  Alton Bay is quaint and non-commercial and very much in the classic New England style.

By the way, ex-Gov. Romney's home is in Wolfeboro.  

Autumn Display

Autumn Comes to New Hampshire

My husband, photographer Cole Scott, has captured some fine autumnal images over the past few year.  

It's the most breath-taking season in New England.  I plan to post an image every other day.

Autumn on the Saco River

He has a new blog as well, Pictures for Words.  

Autumnal Equinox 2011

"Forest Floor"  

According to The Old Farmer's Almanac, today is the first day of Fall.

September & October are the magic months in New England.  The first time you visit, it's probably to see Fall foliage.  You will not be disappointed.  In fact, having lived in Utah, Kentucky and Virginia, all of which have beautiful fall seasons, I was surprised by how much more vibrant the foliage is in New England.  It is unsurpassed.

In the beginning, there are hints of color here and there, in a low lying field where the cold settles in, on a stray branch no longer catching the sun's rays. 

"Autumn Barn" 

Color begins to spread.   As the weather turns chilly and the sun sets earlier, the leaves have no choice but to change.

"Reflections" 

The low growing tree below is widespread along the sides of the road with brilliant yellow and red leaves.

I'm told it's a variety of Sumac.

"Stripes" by Cole Scott

The rust on the iron trestle mimics the rust in the leaves.

"1st Iron Bridge" by Cole Scott

Finally, the colors are at their peak and you know you've witnessed Nature's last gift before the snow comes, before you get to freeze your ass off for another 5 months.

"Autumn Birches"  

This is the reason we fell in love with New England.  It's one of the reasons we're still here after 14 years.

"September in New Hampshire"

All photographs by Cole Scott Photography.  For more "Seasons of New England", go here.

Autumnal Equinox or As the World Turns

Ruth of synch-ro-ni-zing inspired me with her nod to Fall today, so here's mine.



Lonely summer chair by the edge of a pond as Fall settles in.

Blue skies dramatize the changing colors of Fall leaves and the bleaching of the barn wood as it decomposes back into the earth.

Bright orange pumpkins, a sure sign Fall is here and Halloween is just around the corner.  After that, pumpkin pies!

Is anything more beautiful than the deepest reds of Autumn?  Those years when red is not plentiful lack the richness I've come to expect of this New England season.



Abandoned cars of an old railway grace the empty tracks bordering a stand of slowly yellowing trees.

Orange, my second favorite Autumn color.  Trees stand out when their colors change.  You can see their magnificent shapes as they reach to the sky.

View of a bridge, the 4th Iron Trestle, spanning the Saco River. 



Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold
Her early leaf's a flower
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf
So Eden sank to grief
So dawn turns into day
Nothing gold can stay.

Robert Frost

               

All photos by Cole Scott Photography. 

 

New England Autumn

Autumn is the "most wonderful time of the year" in New England.  To prove it, here are impressions of our favorite season, taken by my husband, Cole Scott.

Autumn Apples

Sumac Stripes

New England Autumn

Forest Floor

Reflections in New Hampshire Pond

For more of his photography visit Cole Scott Photography.