Week 6      (October 5- October 11)
Estimated Color 60%

 

After 2 days of hard killing frost we had 3 days of 65 degree weather. I am not sure if this combination made the difference but on Thursday the trees just exploded in color.

 

 

The rapid changes in temperature left us with misty mornings. Wallaby loves to stand guard from the picnic table just east of the inn. Here he can protect us from all 4 legged intruders - either real or imaginary. He loves people but he takes an instant dislike of any squirrel that he meets.

 

 

The grapes are in! Nancy Adams called and said she had more grapes than she knew what to do with. The wet summer has led to a bumper crop.
The Adams farm generated about 10 flats of concord in their small vinyard and after juicing most of them they offered us the last 2. Kathe will be making jam next week. That should provide jam for the breakfast table for most of the next year.

The Finger Lakes Railway runs along the back edge of our property. In the past week they have been making several trips a day of passenger runs.

A full size version of this picture has been added to the desktop wallpaper section of the website.

The reference shot for this week bears repeating. More and more trees have turned and the colors are absolutely beautiful!