On a lighter note

First hard frost last night - actually it's still going on.  Happy to find that the porch was dry enough so it wasn't a skating rink!  Some mornings taking the dog out is more of a challenge than I'm up to in the first 15 minutes of awakeness!

The trees will now be finishing the color changes and, sadly, dropping most of their local leaves on my lawns.  If I'm lucky a wind will come up and blow them all into the woods - I'm still waiting for the year that happens.  :)

Took the leaf tour a couple weekends ago - I haven't seen color this beautiful in a lot of years.

In a change of direction I drove up through Crawford Notch - usually I go the other way for the sweeping views down the notch when you come over the top.  Got to see things in a different way (not always a bad thing).

I've stood at the top of Mt Willard at the head of the notch - it looked a lot higher from down here!

The sky was a blue not so often seen in New Hampshire - sometimes the humidity makes it all "muddy" and not so clear.  Today, not a smidge of anything but clear blue and puffy clouds.

Sweeps of breath taking color everywhere!

Even the side roads had something to offer.

And, as in life, sometimes the most wonderful sights are right under your nose -

These colors pop every year within 10 minutes of my house - and the sun makes them glow.

So the point/motto/whatever this time around is yes, you can travel around the state (or the world) looking for wonderful things to see and sometimes just turning around in your own yard will show you something breathtaking or perhaps just fun.

It's been said by those more eloquent than I but take those few seconds to look around and marvel - it rests your soul for sure.