As a charter member of the North American autumn appreciation team, I felt it my bounden duty to attempt to capture the evanescent essence of the season. The Adirondacks have put on a splendid show this year—my photos do not begin to do justice to the glory! (You can click on any of the thumbnails to get a closer look, though.)
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- Serenity in the ADKs
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- Fall panorama
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- A field of color
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- Cascade Lake
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- A dog’s life
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- Ornamental kale
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- Lots of red this year
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- Ground cherries
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- Lake Placid
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- Whiteface Mountain
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- One glorious tree
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- Appropriately-named Mirror Lake
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- Perfect colors
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- Perfect Moose Pond
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- A covered bridge
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- Shuffling through the leaves
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- Lovely Lake Champlain
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- Not your average pumpkin
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- My family’s old sugar house
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- Dazzling beauty
Love Those "Hands at Home" 
Never seen a ground cherry before. I’ll have to look them up.
I never see them in New York but they seem plentiful right across the border in Quebec. I think they’re related to tomatillos somehow.
What an absolute treat to start the day with!!! Your photos are so gorgeous and have captured the spirit of Autum in the Adirondacks so well!! We have spent a few lovely vacations there and especially in Autumn…it is simply glorious! Thank you so much my dear, I will spent the day humming happily, my head filled with your photos! A big hug from Ohio
I’m so glad you’ve had the chance to experience the ADKs firsthand! Being here is so much better than just seeing photos–you get all your senses involved!
Your photos do great justice to the glory. I am seriously in awe. Ground cherries are cape gooseberries, yes? The ones I planted last year failed. 😦
Thanks Gallivanta! I don’t know if ground cherries = cape gooseberries–I’ve never heard of those. I read somewhere that ground cherries are related to tomatillos. Do you know tomatillos?
Only on paper. I haven’t seen a tomatillo in real life. 🙂 Do you like ground cherries?
Ummmm, no. I tried one at the farmers market and thought it was good so I bought a bunch. But then the rest of them tasted kind of icky. I think it’s because I expected them to be fruit, and sweet, but they mostly aren’t sweet, just like tomatillos aren’t sweet. I wanted to like them . . . they’re so cute.
I used to eat them as a child but I can’t quite remember the taste but I know I liked it back then.
These are stunning photos! You captured autumn, the perfect autumn! You live in such a lovely place, thank you sharing these, beautiful!
I DO live in a gorgeous area, which is why the photos turned out so well! It’s not too difficult to get a good shot when nature does all the work!
What a way to start my day. Absolutely beautiful. Great photography. Aren’t you blessed to live near these stunning landscapes?
I do feel very blessed! Now, having said that, winter is long and hard and spring comes late, after lots of mud. So, there’s always a tradeoff!
Glorious!
Wish you could see it all firsthand!
Seriously impressive photos. Thank you!
Thanks, Margaret–the beauty was just there for the taking!
Beautiful pictures! Our colors are not quite here and the urban landscape we have won’t be as spectacular. Thank you for sharing.
I think that living in an urban setting means you need to look a little harder for fall color. But, when you glimpse it, it stands out as exceptionally pretty!
Wow those colours are beautiful!
This autumn was especially fine–I can never remember the science behind the changing leaf color but all the variables came together this year!
I would have to say that you are doing an excellent job of fulfilling your duty. xo Laura
I shouldn’t even have called it a “duty”–it’s really more of a privilege!
Absolutely lovely! Autumn distilled by photograph. Well done, you! Cheers, Ben
Thanks! This is one thing I love about having a blog–it’s given me the impetus to chronicle autumn and put my favorite photos where I can find them.
love all the shots.. they are just magnificent and colourful.. 😉 Happy Autumn..
It’s funny– just a few days later and the colors are so different already. More subdued, subtler. Still pretty though!
Beautiful colours! 🙂 great pix!
Thanks! Most of the leaves have fallen already but it was lovely while it lasted!
I am not at all surprised to hear you are a charter member having seen that array of autumnal beauty. It far surpasses anything we see here in this land of mostly evergreens.
The autumn colors are one of the definite perks of living where we do–I look forward to it all year!
Simply marvelous! You live in such a beautiful part of the country, I can’t get enough of those mountains, lakes and meadows all aglow in their autumnal glory. And how jealous am I that you have your very own sugar house and a nearby covered bridge! Thank you for sharing these beautiful images.
Don’t be jealous of that old sugar house–the farm it sits on has been out of my family for years and is now derelict. I drive by a couple of times a year and I really shouldn’t–it just makes me sad at this point! But I do have treasured memories of that little sugar shack, from when I was a child.
Oh. My. Goodness. Right, that’s it, I’m putting my camera into retirement. Nothing I ever photograph will compete with these stunning images. Thank you so much for sharing such beauty.
Oh, stop! You would take the same photos were you to be here in the autumn! It’s easy to take pretty pictures of such stunning beauty. But thank you for saying such nice things, all the same!
Ahhhhhh-sumn! 🙂 Love all of them but the “glorious tree” and Whiteface mountain stand out for me.
I wish I’d thought of “ahhhh-sumn”! Have you ever been to this region? You can drive on an amazing highway to the top of Whiteface in the summer–it’s an incredible experience. It’s a ski resort in the winter so, of course, there’s a gondola, too, that tourists can take. And the mountain in stunning during every season.
You excel in so many areas…photography being one. Gorgeous photos!
Thanks, Susan, but, truly, how could photos of such beauty turn out bad? I give Mother Nature all the credit for these! PS–I’m so glad you liked the white chocolate bark!
Wonderful photos! The color season goes so quickly. My maple tree has only a few leaves left on it.
You have a maple? I wish I had a maple. I drive around and wish I had certain trees at my house but, then, I’d have to rake their leaves . . .
Spectacular photos!! Thank you so much for sharing!
I’m glad you liked them! I really feel the photos don’t do justice to the actual scene but they give you a sense of how spectacular it all was!
Gorgeous! I’m so ambivalent about autumn. But you’re making me appreciate it.
I like everything about autumn, except that I know how long winter is. I like winter, too, but I do wish it was just a little shorter . . .
Beautiful! The photos are wonderful Autumn is my favorite season.
Mine, too! It just seems so short–or at least this showy part is short. I saw a reference to possible snow in our forecast and was horrified!
Barns, reflections, covered bridges … the joy and beauty of fall, so lovingly captured! I’ve never been to the Adirondacks! Someday, though!!
Do come! It’s lovely in all seasons but, of course, fall is extra special!
You’ve captured the season beautifully! Such incredible scenery…hope to get a chance to travel there one day!
The Adirondacks are so different than the mountains in western North America–older, rounded, worn down, mellow. And covered, at least mostly, with these beautiful trees and leaves–do come visit!
I love the pictures of the old barn and of Mirror Lake — absolutely gorgeous. I thought Portland had pretty fall colors, but these…wow, I can’t even imagine. I’d become a serious “leaf peeper” if I lived near that kind of scenery! And yay to ground cherries — love them!
Does Portland have maples? I’m embarrassed not to know the answer to that. I always think it’s the maples that make the show so great in New England and upstate New York. The maples gives us the reds. What does one do with ground cherries? I can’t say I’ve found much to like about them, except they’re so darn cute.
We have tons of Japanese maples (check out this picture: http://twistedsifter.com/2013/09/portland-famous-japanese-maple-tree/) but I don’t think we have as many of them around in downtown. We have some reds, but more oranges and yellows in terms of fall colors. It has been making my bike commute pretty happy though — love running through leaf piles! Ground cherries, I like them in salads or just as a snack. They also make a nice jam, though I’ve never made it myself.
A belated thanks for the wonderful photos. They would be perfect inspiration for landscape quilts. Curiously enough, I’m taking a course on that now. May I contact you for permission to use one of your photos, if I ever get my first one done?
Consider permission granted, if you want to use a photo! I’d love to see you focus a quilt on those autumn colors!
I enjoyed the fall pictures. I don’t get much fall in Florida so it is always a treat to look at the pictures.
Well, you get things in Florida that we envy, too! Especially along about February!
WOW! You did an amazing job capturing the beauty of Autumn! I can’t even begin to choose a favorite! The ones with the mountains in the background make me yearn for a road trip!
Thanks! I agree, fall is the perfect time for a road trip–cool, bright, everything is pretty and colorful. Aren’t you due for some time off? 😉
I have enjoyed looking the the photos. Thanks so much for sharing!!!
Glad you enjoyed! We had a beautiful season!
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Oh, beautiful, for spacious skies. Those are great shots. To quote the 80s Keri commercials, “Kerry is so very…good at photography.”
That’s a nice thing to say, Kerbey! I’m glad you liked the photos–our landscape looks VERY different right now, I’m sorry to say!