Burr Morse's latest on-line newsletter had an interesting note about one of his employees taking pictures of one of their big old maple trees to track the progress of the foliage. I thought that was a neat idea, so I'm starting with one on the road in front of our house - easily shot from our deck. I'll post a picture every other day or so just to see how quickly it turns. If you don't know about Burr's folksy newsletter, go to Community Storefront on this web site and under Business you'll see the link to Morse Farm Maple Sugar Works. Once there, click on "News From Vermont" which is the title of his newsletter. There's a place to sign up to get it regularly. I've been on his mailing list for a while and enjoy the newsletters very much.

Another great day and perhaps one more to go before the weather turns wet and chilly again. There was quite a bit of activity on the pond today and we had a fair number of walkers and vehicles on our road, so people were taking advantage of the nice weather. The morning fog lingers a bit too long, but even that is pleasant for walking. We took this picture at Ned and Carolyn Hamilton's this morning before the fog had burned off.

Cabot's Fall Foliage Day is coming up on October 3rd. The women who organize the week-long event that involves seven area towns, decided go back to having it the first week in October. You see, for many years it was held in October, but all too often we'd run into snow flurries, especially on Cabot Plain, and the tourists would scurry away cold, wet and miserable, disappointed in the scenery and wondering aloud why on earth anyone would want to live here. So the ladies decided to invite them to come in September, and you guessed it, last year we struggled to find even one colorful tree - any tree, it didn't even have to be a maple, just so it had some red or yellow leaves. Once again the tourists were disappointed and offered strong opinions as to our handling of the event, as if we could possibly know months in advance what Mother Nature will have in store for us. Sometimes you just can't win. We're hoping to get it right this year - the foliage seems to be building up nicely for a spectacular show of color, but whether those beautiful leaves will be sparkling with frost and snowflakes, we simply can't tell.