I don’t often drive my son to school, but he didn’t get his Math homework finished in time for the bus this morning, so I drove him. No, he doesn’t usually do homework in the morning, but it’s a long story…. anyway, I brought my camera along and as we came to the lake the sun was just shining above a fog bank that had formed on the lake.
My son thought it was so cool that he didn’t even make fun of me taking pictures while I was driving (I slowed way down and there was no one on the road). He is usually mortified when I aim my camera over the steering wheel. In fact he would make fun of me for saying “mortified”. “Who says that?” is his famous line for me. I am not hip, as he is always saying and I reply that I am not trying to be. It’s kind of funny.
So what do you think of the fog?
Author: Pam
New England native, Florida resident. Blogging about boating, beach-combing, gardening, camping, and knitting.
Apple Picking at Norway Hill Orchards
I can’t believe I waited so long to pick apples this year. I would have to kick myself if I let the season pass without picking some fresh, juicy apples. A few days ago the weather was just gorgeous and my son and I drove to Hancock, New Hampshire to pick some Courtland apples at Norway Hill Orchard. It’s just off Rt. 202 and you can get there by going up Forest Rd., or Norway Hill road.
(UPDATE, 2018: This orchard is closed. So sad.)
Actually the variety available was mind-boggling and since I usually pick Macintosh (they were about gone by then), I chose the Courtlands, which turned out to be very delicious.
It was easy to see that the season was about gone, with all the rotted “drops” under the trees, but we filled our peck size bag, paid the $9.
Traveling around these New Hampshire roads in Fall is such a treat. When I first moved here from Florida I felt like I was driving through a beautiful painting each time I took a trip. Going to the grocery store was almost enjoyable.
On the way home I snapped this photo going down the hill from the orchard. As we headed to the house, I began making notes of all the recipes I would be trying soon with my fresh picked apples.
If you are making a day of it here in New Hampshire, you could travel down through Hancock and head out Rt. 123 to Stoddard and climb Pitcher Mountain. It’s not a long climb and the views are spectacular.
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Unconventional Looking Wild Mushrooms
This mushroom is growing right outside my door – almost – so I keep checking on it. With my hand next to it you can see the size and there are other blobby growths on this dead Hemlock tree as well, which are the babies I suppose.
This tree has quite a few of these smaller round mushrooms.
Although these growths are very strange looking, I found the most bizarre mushroom on a walk last year. It was so odd looking – kind of like a brain, that I purposely remembered where it was so I could go back with my camera and get a photo.
See it below. I should go back and check to see if it’s growing there again this year.
If you know what it is, I’d love to hear from you.
Little Orange Mushrooms
I don’t know what kind of mushroom these are, but I came across them as I was hiking the woods around my place. Unless you pay close attention when walking in the woods, you will miss these little bunches of fungi.One thing I’ve learned from reading about mushrooms is that they will change their look…
Orange Mushrooms A Few Days Later
I posted a picture of these mushrooms in my previous post and they were just little, orange buttons. Now, a few days later they have “mushroomed” into flat heads as you can see in this photo. I don’t know why, all of a sudden, I am so interested in mushrooms, but I find myself on…
The Mushrooms are Blooming
Lately there are numerous mushrooms in the yard and in the woods. Today is sunny and cool and too gorgeous to be inside working…so I took a break and took the camera out to get some mushroom pictures. I have tried to identify these by using my Field Guide to New England, but I am…
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Return of The Juncos
Each October all of a sudden I will look outside and see that the Juncos have returned for the winter. They cover the grass in search for whatever it is that they eat and I know they will be around all winter eating something off the top of the snow. It’s just another part of the changing seasons here in the northeast, but this year I am wondering if my cats will be catching any of them. I hope not, but Richie and Fontana were not living here at this time last year, and they are typical hunters – Richie especially – so I guess we’ll see.
I’ve kept sunflower seeds in my Heritage bird feeder (it’s my favorite feeder) all summer to attract birds to the yard in hopes that they will eat the bugs that can get annoying. I haven’t had any bear problems yet and hope I won’t. I really don’t want to lose my feeder, but this is the time of year that the bears fill up for the winter hibernation and my feeder is already dented from a previous attack a couple of years ago.
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