Fall 2015 in the Upper Valley

Last colors of summer


Morning Glory in Blue


Afternoon "Glory" in Red


Coneflower (Echinacea)

Fungal Galore


The Yummy Chicken Mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus). Spotted on Mt. Ascutney.
















Changing Colors


Leaf Veins


Sugarloaf Mt. as viewed from Mt. Cube


Color as a Function of Elevation


Hard Life on the Peak of Mt. Cube


Juxtaposition of Yellow and Red





Buzzell Bridge Rd., Thetford Ctr., VT





Juxtaposition of Yellow and Red II





Juxtaposition of Yellow and Red III


Buzzell Bridge Rd. II




















Past Peak (view from Bald Top Mt. in Fairlee, VT)


Curved


The Cross Rivendell Trail in Yellow


The Cross Rivendell Trail in Yellow II

Mt. Olga (Wilmington, VT)


No, I am not joking: It is called Mt. Olga


Fire Tower - A ubiquitous mountain top beacon of the past


Communication Tower - A modern beacon of many Northeast mountain tops


The view from Mt. Olga

First Snow (Flagpole Hill, Vershire, VT)













Bark Studies


Tangled


Not Tangled and Smooth













Of constant color throughout seasons


Folded I (Mt. Cube)


Folded II


Hard Life on the Peak of Mt. Cube II


Hard Life on the Peak of Mt. Cube III


Rusted I
(The Steam Donkey — a steam powered machine used for cable logging in the early 1900s - on Futures Trail of Mt. Ascutney)


Rusted II


Rusted III


The first U.S. flag with 13 stars and stripes (Flagpole Hill, Vershire, VT)