Autumn in New England

It is the same every year. The sun sets earlier. The air after dinner is cooler. People start talking about getting their blankets and sweaters out the closets. Of course, the question of when you will turn your heat on is the big topic of conversation on those first few chilly nights. Everyone knows most New Englander’s will never turn on the heat before November 1st. The older I get, the crazier that sounds to me! Autumn is my favorite time to shoot photos of flowers and fauna. I am not afraid to say I sometimes like the decaying hydrangeas just as much as the beautiful summertime blooms. There is something special to me in the wheat-colored grasses, the golden, rusts, and browns of the leaves, and fading perennials getting ready to fade away until the next Spring. Here are a couple of photos I have shot on walks around this month. I will enjoy this short season before the long winter arrives, making shooting outside all but gone. Enjoy your October!