Hurray for the sun! Hope you enjoyed the latest sunny fall weekend. This Saturday I travelled to Deer Path Park in Flemington, NJ. I wanted a nice walk among trees after purchasing this year's pumpkins at Schaefer Farm (also in Flemington).
This was my first visit to Deer Path, and I could tell the park was beautiful in the summer and fall.
Paths ramble past sports fields, a lake, fields and wooded areas.
Soccer fields, baseball diamonds and open grassy space is available with a killer view of the surrounding hillsides.
This late in the season, many critters were no shows. I saw several song birds, squirrels and the Canada geese (Branta canadensis) above, perhaps migrating through the area.
On Sunday, I took a walk in the wind and increasingly cool weather at Colonial Park in Franklin Township, NJ. The fall colors are still in full swing around the Powder Mill Pond, above.
I walked the trail and took in the increasing layer of colorful leaves on the ground - the season is waining and winter will soon be here.
A carpet of leaves covered the surface of this stream, creating a road to the lake in golden yellow.
The sky this weekend was a brilliant clear blue with only small puffy clouds passing.
A Great Blue Huron (Ardea herodias) paces the far side of the pond.
As I left the park around 4pm, the light was already fading.
Every year I carve several pumpkins - colored glow stick give these faces their color.
I have candles lighting these larger designs. Happy Hallowe'en!
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This was my first visit to Deer Path, and I could tell the park was beautiful in the summer and fall.
Paths ramble past sports fields, a lake, fields and wooded areas.
Soccer fields, baseball diamonds and open grassy space is available with a killer view of the surrounding hillsides.
This late in the season, many critters were no shows. I saw several song birds, squirrels and the Canada geese (Branta canadensis) above, perhaps migrating through the area.
On Sunday, I took a walk in the wind and increasingly cool weather at Colonial Park in Franklin Township, NJ. The fall colors are still in full swing around the Powder Mill Pond, above.
I walked the trail and took in the increasing layer of colorful leaves on the ground - the season is waining and winter will soon be here.
A carpet of leaves covered the surface of this stream, creating a road to the lake in golden yellow.
The sky this weekend was a brilliant clear blue with only small puffy clouds passing.
A Great Blue Huron (Ardea herodias) paces the far side of the pond.
As I left the park around 4pm, the light was already fading.
Every year I carve several pumpkins - colored glow stick give these faces their color.
I have candles lighting these larger designs. Happy Hallowe'en!
