Photos of Autumn in Vermont

As the sun heads south and the days shorten, trees draw their sap, their strength, their chlorophyll into their core to keep from freezing.  All that remains is structure, cells, bare bones, color ... for, under the chlorophyll, an oak leaf is brown, a box elder yellow, a sugar maple red.  So saying, the countryside has now been awash in school-bus yellows and enough reds and oranges to bring leaf peepers in their out-of-state cars to meander our dirt-bumpy roads, stop at our over-looks, and photograph any covered bridge in sight.  Fun times.

Here are some local scenes from autumns past.

An apple orchard ... where the movie The Cider House Rules was filmed.

Some of its apples

Next week's posting will show paintings of autumn in Santa Fe.