New England Fall Foliage

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Since I haven't taken any really good pictures of the foliage change here in Virginia due to the weather lately, I thought I would just post a few of the last ones I snapped while visiting family last October.
Can any of my family, or anyone who knows N.H. tell where this photo was taken?



This twin birch is typical of New England, and no I did not doctor the color of the sky, it is really that blue!

We visited a farm that survives by raising apples, peaches and pumpkins, strawberries and sells home-made bakery products and cider, etc. It is a 'pick-your-own' type farm, and familys flock to it in the fall. They supply little red wagons to pull children and apples along through the well marked rows of different apple varieties, and golf carts for the seniors or handicapped. Love the 'Butternut Farm' near Rochester N.H.

Up by the Blue Ridge Parkway in Bedford ,Va., there are a couple of 'you-pick' orchards and the 'Peaks of Otter Winery' has apples also, but we like 'Gross's Orchard' just off route 43. Today is their apple festival, and my grandson is there with his parents. Have fun Caine ! Grandma will be up this week to visit you and go to the park to see the ducks!

Get out to our wonderful orchards and wineries, and bite into Autumn with a snappy, juicy crisp apple!

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Autumn in New England

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I have just returned from a visit to my family in New England.
One brother is in Maine, one in Massachusetts and the other in New Hampshire.
This picture is taken from the roadside in front of a friends cottage on Merrymeeting Lake in New Durham, New Hampshire.



Below is a rainbow trout.
I would love to tell you that I was fishing in a pond with trout this large, but I must tell the truth.
These trout are used for breeding , and they are in a holding pond at the Merrymeeting Lake Fish Hatcheries.


This next scene was taken roadside when we drove around Lake Winnepesaukee.

The last shot is this tree in Halifax Massachusetts, near where one of my nephews live. I think it's a pretty shape and color, and the house looks typical New England, especially near Cape Cod.

I got to see family and a couple of friends, and I connected with an old friend that I haven't spoken with in years, which really warmed my heart. As always, there just wasn't enough time to see everyone I wanted to, and I have more to tell about the visit, but I will blog again soon with more information. For now, I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I do.

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