Fall

It is pretty much past peak around here, but I was able to find some foliage. Pretty much allof he woods are second-growth forests, which took over after farming was largely abandoned in this area following the First World War. Much of the human-edible crop farming followed the railroads to the Midwest. Fodder for horses and cows was widely grown; hay farming for horses petered out in the 1920s with the widespread adoption of motorized vehicle. Better transport, refrigeration and pasteurization moved the dairy farms to places where land was a lot flatter, less rocky and easier to frame. The trees took over


This is a high-tension powerline as it cuts its way through the woods.


Just beyond the lake, the trees have lost their leaves, but not at the lake itself.



That fire was probably at least 20 miles away.


In a few weeks at most, the landscape will be mostly brown, gray and some green from pine trees. It will stay that way until Winter takes hold, if it does. Last year was pretty bleak for snow fall.