Changing Colors

Today Dan and I went for a walk around the neighborhood and I took a few pictures of the changing leaves. It was a nice break from the massive amount of reading I've been doing for classes. I like BU, but I've felt a bit overwhelmed with all the work I have to do.



It is cold enough for the leaves to start changing, but the grass is still green.


Golden foliage


Remember the shot I took of the neighborhood across the reservoir a couple weeks ago?


Dan kicking through the leaves.


Not all the trees have changed yet, making a nice contrast when you look down the street.


Some areas still look like summer.


And then only a few feet down the road it looks like late fall.

Farm Fun

Dan and I went to visit Aunt Kap and Uncle Jon since Uncle Tom came in town and my first cousin Jake and his girlfriend are temporarily crashing there. We had a nice time and stuffed ourselves on good food.

I took a few pictures of the animals and the farm.
Here is one of their horses who took a brief break from grazing to pose.


And here is Lily, one of their dogs, looking quite pleased with herself.


Here is Rufus, the other dog, playing in the leaves.


Even though it is starting to get cold, there were still a few flowers blooming.


But as you can see, the trees are starting to change.


We spent the night Friday and the next day we went on a short hike to a beautiful pond.
Here is Dan while we were out walking.


And here is one of the lovely spots I stopped to snap a photo.


There are some houses nearby - you can see a balcony in the background.


And another. I love the bright colors of the changing trees.


I really am fascinated with the whole leaves changing thing.


Water flowing over the dam area.


And of course an outing with the uncles would not be complete without some mischief. They discovered a tree chewed up by beavers and decided to see if they could push it over. They couldn't, but it was entertaining nonetheless.


After the hike we headed back into town so we could watch the game. Despite discovering a deer tick on my stomach last night and the Tigers losing disastrously, we had a nice time this weekend. Rosemary came in town for the game and tomorrow we're meeting another friend for dinner. I don't know how I'm going to make myself focus in class Tuesday. Three-day weekends sure are nice though.

New England In The Fall

I've been told by everyone that Boston in the Fall will be beautiful. As the brisk air moves in and people bundle up and huddle together, the trees will mark the passing of the seasons in their leaves. The greens that brightened the summer will change to oranges, yellows, and reds. In Louisiana most trees merely turn from green to brown to dead. So I've decided to document our first experience with the changing of the leaves.

By our apartment is a reservoir with a jogging path and hiking trail around it.


So far, most of the leaves there are still green. But there is one lone tree that jumped the gun.


Close up of the tree:


Across the reservoir, you can see that a few trees have started changing their colors but for the most part the landscape is still green.


I plan to periodically check on the reservoir and document how the scenes change.