Field and Farm Autumn Prints
Autumn is harvest time. The days shorten, the evenings are cold enough to demand a fire in the woodstove, and much needs to be done before winter comes: tomatoes to be canned, apples picked for applesauce and storage in the root cellar, as well as carrots, potatoes, rutabagas and much more to be dug and sorted and hauled to the cellar.
The brilliant colors of autumn call for a rambling afternoon exploring the maze of dirt roads that are still common in Vermont, probably ending with supper at a small inn. But after the leaves are gone, the true beauty of the land becomes visible. No longer muffled by greenery, the bones of the land, the subtle tans and grays of the withering grasses and the purples and browns of the woods punctuated by green-black spruce take center stage.
The brilliant colors of autumn call for a rambling afternoon exploring the maze of dirt roads that are still common in Vermont, probably ending with supper at a small inn. But after the leaves are gone, the true beauty of the land becomes visible. No longer muffled by greenery, the bones of the land, the subtle tans and grays of the withering grasses and the purples and browns of the woods punctuated by green-black spruce take center stage.