After a bunch of errands this morning, we drove around this afternoon, hitting Sharon, Pomfret, Woodstock, Quechee and Hartford looking for color. It was a bit disappointing. There was a lot of yellow and brown, but little red or orange. I’m not sure if we are too early or too late. The color on our road is as good as any we saw on the loop.
In the afternoon I put up the storm door glass and took down the screen doors. We have a broken fence post that I will have replaced. The red maple that gives our best color lost a big branch that I will cut up and compost. Judy was busy converting the house from summer bed linens to winter. We put the canoe away in the barn this morning. The dogs love the cool weather, all the run-around space and the pond.
The apple trees are heavy with fruit, and Brady the horse is gobbling up any apples that fall on the pasture side of the fence. The birds are busy in the crab apple trees eating the small fruit. The pine trees are loaded with cones.
In bloom: asters, cimicfuga, boltonia, feverfew, sedum, chrysanthemum, helenium, black-eyed susan, echinacea, foxglove.
Early morning of the tree line behind the pasture and Mt. Lafayette in the distance.
Aster with good color.
Cimicfuga, also called black snakeroot or black cohosh, is a late bloomer getting a lot of attention today from bees and other pollinators.
The colors are always better in the reflections.
Red maple at peak.
Deep blue cloudless sky.
Bright afternoon sun and deep shadows.
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