an hour and a half holiday

How hard we try to be good little ants and not naughty little grasshoppers as we focussed on the yard work on Thanksgiving Monday, mowing the lawn, planting the perennials that decorated our deck all summer, and bringing in our small harvest of giant zucchinis, artichokes, cucumbers and eggplant. A few hardier veggies remain like the chard, beets, kale, cabbage, carrots and parsnips.

It was a long time coming, our belated drive in the country to see the autumn colours, but at 5:20 we shut the door and headed off for... ONE HOUR and a half.

Up into the hills of the "south mountain" we drove seeking out our beloved maples,

with the colour that is so necessary (to us) for an autumn drive.

 

Higher and higher we drove, still finding farms at the very top

 

with old apple orchards, that this part of the world is so famous for

 

til finally, we were about as high as we could go

and looking to the north we could see "the north mountain" with its famous Blomidon capping it off

 

Several turns in the road took us lower and lower til we were driving along a ridge that overlooked the Gaspereau River, resplendent in the evening light

We found a place to stop (posted with a warning to watch for the difference between Brook Trout and young Salmon which look similar but must be protected.)

 

a beautiful view of the Gaspereau River in the evening light

 

How lovely the reflections of sky and water and trees, beautiful trees

 

This is what we've been missing from our beloved northland

 

wild asters grow everywhere this time of year

 

another view to the left (west) bank of the river, flowing ever so gently

 

and a closer detail of this pretty maple

 

Across the road a little white duck preens itself in the shallows before bed

 

as above

 

so below: COLOUR!!

 

The colour we sought was SO CLOSE by; the wildness we missed within minutes of our town home

This is what we needed. A shot of raw nature to boost our immune system

highly recommended !

 

Oh! I just realized!

 

You might want to see what I've been up to!

 

sweet dreams