Sugar Frost

Winter's definitely coming! We woke up to our first heavy frost on 11/18 with temps in the upper 20s and low 30s.  The early morning sun shining on the ice crystals made them look like they were dusted with sugar.

And this one is my personal fave.

Foliage!

Got off to a slow start here, foliage-wise.  Either that or I'm still expecting the early and then slow build up and peaking at Thanksgiving like on the west coast.  But once it started.....WOW!

Downtown BBay

 Downtown BBay

Across the street from my house.  I have gathered and preserved quite a few red leaves.

Bourne Pond.

 On the BBay rotary.

East Sandwich

Hoxie Pond again

Sumac next to the tracks

Cranberry harvest.

More Pretty Fall Shots

Little Hoxie Pond, East Sandwich.  

Little Hoxie Pond.

Also in E. Sandwich.  As of the date of this photo, which was 10/3, it was the only tree with full on brilliant colour, which especially stood out on an otherwise grey day.  I was driving when I saw this fiery maple, and I may have slowed the car down somewhat abruptly in order to turn around at the next driveway I saw in order to go back and take photos.

I don't think I've seen a tree this bright in years.

Never seen anything like these before!

On the way through town I detoured to take some pics of this old building that burned the weekend of 10/1. It has been an eyesore for years, since before I moved in 1989, so you can only imagine what it looked like to me 22 years later.  I meant to stop over the summer and shoot it but never did.  

Apparently the state of this building has been a bone of contention between the owners and the town government. The plan was to tear this down and rebuild a multi-use condo/office building.  The project stalled out.  And suddenly it "accidentally" burns down on a very, very rainy night.  Everyone, and I do mean everyone, knows it was burned down on purpose.  Upon hearing the news and seeing the pics the next day, I believe my words were, "How convenient."

Back in BBay, I took a drive down Main Street to see if anyone had decorated.  Sadly, I found only a couple of fall-themed items.  I'm hoping that more appear in town as the month goes on.

I got lucky with this.

And another dewy web!