There is absolutely no other day in the year that can compare to a perfect day in October: waking up to frost on the grass, wisps of fog rising from the pond, a cloudless blue sky, warm afternoon sun lighting up leaves of red, gold, and rust against the green background of trees not yet changed.
Today was that day.
After working on our wood pile, we walked along the old Lead Mine Road in Andover NH into the Kearsarge Wildlife Management Area. With turkey season still going, and moose season opening tomorrow, we met a few hunters along the road. Otherwise there was no sound but the wind in the trees and water running along the many little springs.
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| There is no gold like beech leaves in October |
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| Small streams everywhere, running down Mount Kearsarge |
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| Kearsarge porphyry is an amazing rock. |
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| Mount Kearsarge watching over us |
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| A mystery thrush, hiding her face from us |
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| Someone lived here a long time ago. |
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| The amazing buds of hobblebush - next year's leaves |
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| No one was hunting this little guy |
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| Baby yellow-rumped warbler, showing his yellow rump |
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| Mount Kearsarge |
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