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Rhode Island
The Last Foliage
The autumn foliage blazes in all its glory in Colt State Park in Bristol, RI.
New Hampshire
A Great Way To Wake Up Every Morning!
Just moved to Greenland, NH this year. I am amazed at the beauty that surrounds me. My new morning ritual is taking this walk along Rte 1A. with my Black Lab. It just puts a great big smile on my face!
New England
The Encyclopedia of Fall: V Is for Vineyard
Today, you’ll find vineyards all over New England. Take a drive along the southern coasts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut in October and, assuming the hard frosts haven’t hit too early, you’ll see glorious golden foliage blanketing the long, straight rows of vines.
New England
The Encyclopedia of Fall: U is for Up-Up
Ten years have passed, and still I remember the sensation of floating above the Pioneer Valley, as if tethered to a hawk. Hot-air ballooning is a dawn-and-dusk sport, when the air temperature is right for launching. In the late-afternoon light, we rose above the Connecticut River, just outside Northampton, Massachusetts. Within moments, our balloonist, Paul […]
New England
The Encyclopedia of Fall: S is for Shutterbug
In 1935, Kodak introduced modern color film and along the way sparked a foliage-photography revolution. Nothing brought out the hunger to capture beauty like a real New England autumn–the time when “the red gods call,” as Yankee writer Ben Rice wrote more than 60 years ago, quoting Kipling. During her 15-year-career as Yankee’s photo editor, […]
New England
The Encyclopedia of Fall: R is for Raking
The popularity of the lawn rake coincided with the post-World War II boom in suburban living. Here’s a brief history of the rake — fall’s most essential tool.
New England
The Encyclopedia of Fall: Q is for Quabbin
The creation of the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts came with a cost: The sites of four communities in the Swift River Valley were drowned out of existence when it was built in the 1930s. In their place came two huge earthen dams and a new body of fresh drinking water for metro-Boston residents: a […]
Autumn is, of course, pumpkin season. And nowhere is it longed for and worshiped more than in Maine at the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta, a multiday celebration during which the almighty gourd is honored, smashed, painted, and eaten. The 2012 festivities begin September 29-30 with two giant-pumpkin weigh-offs and picks up again October 4-8 with […]
New England
Scott Farm
Landmark Trust USA manages these 626 pristine acres in southern Vermont, where a team of orchardists tends some 90 varieties of low-spray heirloom and unusual apples. This beautiful property served as the location for the orchard scenes in The Cider House Rules. There’s a farm stand, plus classes on pruning and grafting, pie baking, and […]
New England
Nashoba Valley Winery
In the heart of America’s first fruit bowl, this beautiful winery and restaurant is also home to a spectacular antique-apple orchard stocked with rare finds, such as ‘Pink Pearl’, ‘Ashmead’s Kernel’, and ‘Esopus Spitzenberg’–nearly 100 in all; call ahead to make an appointment. Tack a wine tasting and dinner onto your day and you have […]