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Bear Pond Waterford

LOCATION: Bear Pond, Waterford Date: October 10 Time: 3:45 p.m. Equipment: 60mm lens ” I feel as though there are two sides of autumn. There’s the active autumn, where there’s lots of energy involved: fairs, festivals, pumpkin stands, apple picking, leaf peeping. And then there’s the quiet autumn, like a lake with colors on the […]

A serene lake reflects a dense forest with trees in vibrant fall colors, and a distant hill under a cloudy sky.

Photo Credit: Gray, Sara

LOCATION: Bear Pond, Waterford
Date: October 10
Time: 3:45 p.m.
Equipment: 60mm lens
” I feel as though there are two sides of autumn. There’s the active autumn, where there’s lots of energy involved: fairs, festivals, pumpkin stands, apple picking, leaf peeping. And then there’s the quiet autumn, like a lake with colors on the shore reflected in the mirror-like surface of the water. It’s the subtle, the serene, the quiet, that I’m drawn to.”

Mel Allen

Now editor at large, Mel Allen's first byline in Yankee appeared in 1977 and he joined the staff in 1979 as a senior editor. Eventually he became executive editor and led the staff as editor from 2006 to 2025. During his career he has edited and written for every section of the magazine, including home, food, and travel, while his pursuit of long-form storytelling has always been vital to his mission as well. He has raced a sled dog team, crawled into the dens of black bears, fished with the legendary Ted Williams, profiled astronaut Alan Shephard, and stood beneath a battleship before it was launched. He also once helped author Stephen King round up his pigs for market, but that story is for another day. Mel is author of Here in New England: Unforgettable Stories of People, Places, and Memories That Connect Us All (Earth Sky + Water LLC, 2025).

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