Tag: Autumn

Autumn Jewel Box

Flowers at my local nursery radiate the jewel-like coloring of these September days of longer shadows, clear skies and warmer colored wavelengths traveling to the Earth.

Cockscombs/ Ruby and Opal

Ornamental Peppers /Citrine

Marigolds/Amber

Coleus/ Magenta and Peridot

Sunflowers/Citrine and Smoky Quartz

These are just some of the …

“Jewels in the Ground”.

Pumpkin Patch Games

Farm-style versions of classic indoor and outdoor games are a treat for all at Bemis Farms Nursery on fall weekends.

Take a ghostly picture….

And pick a perfect pumpkin from the patch. Then test your skills on…

Squash Tic Tac Toe,

Checkers,

Milk Jug Toss,

Kan Jam (played with frisbees),

Ladder Ball (shown at the far left),

and an adaptation of the table top soccer game foosball.

Then try your hand at a farm version of Kerplunk ,

and wander around a “pumpkin tree” !

Can you toss a witch hat?

Have you ever tried pumpkin bowling?

Don’t forget to follow the Pumpkin Path!

Red-bellied Woodpecker

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Fall Walk

Photographs from a late afternoon walk at the Wachusett Meadow Audubon in Princeton, MA. There’s nothing quite like the gold, red and green of a New England Fall.