Ruby Tuesday

I took a fun foliage trip to the Northwest hills of Connecticut two weeks ago with blogger extraordinaire Linda of Are We There Yet? and we stopped at this covered bridge.

Linda is an expert on covered bridges! And she was startled to find this one in need of a good power washing. She said other ones she had seen in New England were not filled with dirt and cob webs like this one is, which made us both embarrassed for our home state of Connecticut.

It was pretty gross when we ventured inside and walked through it. You can't tell from the photo below, but take our word for it!

See lots more photos featuring a little or a lot of red at Mary T's Work of the Poet.

More from a fun fall foliage trip

Taken on the banks of the Housatonic River in Litchfield County, Connecticut on a foliage trip with blogger extraordinaire, Duchess Linda. This photo is straight out of the camera.

I love October!

Backyard colors

So, howza 'bout some more foliage photos? I love October, and suddenly it is coming to a close.

Note to Duchess Linda: I told you we could have stayed and taken photos in the backyard. Think of all the money you could have saved on gas!

But I must admit we had a "gas" Saturday exploring the Northwest hills of Connecticut.

The first photo was taken through the back window.

Happy Thursday to all my bloggy friends.

Fall foliage found

On second glance through my photos, I realized I did get some pretty foliage shots Saturday whilst snapping pix with Linda. (See here and here)

We laughed as we drove further north, only to find a lot of leafless trees.

Our immediate reaction was "where are all the leaves?" because although there was color, it was kinda sparse.

But there were some trees that cooperated. ;-)

Here are some pretty Litchfield County leaves, for all you leaf-lovers out there!

These first two photos were taken through the windshield. Not only do I do that when Ralph drives, I also take pix when Linda is the driver. It's nice to just sit and snap photos, and leave the driving to someone else. I guess I'd make a good tourist!

Yellow!
I really liked the way this limb on an old old tree on the Norfolk Green curled down and then back up.
The last photo was taken at the foot of Haystack Mountain in Norfolk. That's as far as we got on that mountain..the foot!

All of the above were straight out of the camera. I think if I worked with them a bit the colors could really come alive, don't you think?

That's where the leaves went...

Blogger extraordinaire Duchess Linda of Norwich Upon Thames and I went leaf-peeping in northwestern Connecticut yesterday (scroll down for today's previous post). I took 174 photos, which is a lot for me.

Linda took lots more. :-)

We didn't see quite as much colorful fall foliage as we had hoped.

This photo taken at the base of Haystack Mountain in Norfolk, Ct. kinda tells the story.

Well, there's always next year.

Ruby Tuesday

Two for the price of one ...

I went outside Sunday to get a shot of this shadow on the house for next week's Shadow Shot Sunday meme, and was able to get a Ruby Tuesday photo at the same time.

Dying weeds make for some vibrant autumn foliage, don't you think?

To see more photos featuring a little or a lot of red, visit our hostess, Mary T, The Teach, at Work of the Poet.

Happy Ruby Tuesday to all ~

Fall foliage right outside our house

~ Autumn colors ~

The bright blue sky and fall colors were so pretty Sunday afternoon. Regular readers will recognize Ralph's van in the lower right-hand corner of the top two photos.

Leaf peeping from one's front yard is fun and it saves on gas. I like that!

In the next photo I used a bit of 'edge blur.'

What do you think?

Such beautiful colors. I love October!

Ruby Tuesday ~ fall colors and seasonal riddles

On Saturday I found a few spots of red amongst the yellow berries winding their way through some forsythia in our side yard.

The picture wasn't too exciting, so I added some 'edge blur.' Ha ha.

This is through the windshield of Ralph's van..that's why it's not clear..but at least it's red. I decided not to be a perfectionist.

And below, another of those "burning bush" bushes in a 'vignette' view, as seen through the open passenger-side window:

To see many photos with a little or a lot of red in them, visit Mary T at Work of the Poet.

Q. Why did the ghost get indigestion?

A. He was goblin his treats!

Q. What do skeletons say before dinner?

A. Bone appetit!

Q. What happens when a ghost gets lost in the fog?

A. He is mist

Sepia scenes ~ fall foliage

I took this photo from the driver's seat on Halloween afternoon last year and posted the original (below) the next day. I thought it would look good in sepia, so I gave it a whirl.

Visit Mary T, our hostess, at Sepia Scenes to see many more sepia-fied photos.

Ruby Tuesday

Well, this is it. Autumn's vibrant reds are disappearing.
The leaves of our Japanese maple tree at the bottom of the hill in our backyard are pretty much all on the ground.
It's time for that four letter word that begins with R. (Rake) Horrors.

This photo is of a weed tree growing out of/next to a stump. I don't want to rake. Help!

To see more Ruby Tuesday photos, visit Mary, The Teach, who hosts this fun meme.

Gold found in backyard ~ gold leaves, that is

I only had to go out the back door to get this foliage shot last Sunday afternoon.

And here's a closeup:It's sad that October is almost over. It's such a beautiful time of year.