The title of this post has changed a couple of times since I took these photos the other day. I started with something like “Fall Color, Now and In Years Past”… I was going to include photos of past years too, when the colors were brighter and prettier. Then I went to “The Colors Before the Storm”.. thinking that all the little bits of color that we had this year would be gone by Tuesday. Then it went to “The Calm and Color Before the Storm” which morphed into “Watching and Waiting”. I’m pretty settled with this one. It best describes how I’m feeling here on the coast of New England today. Hurricane Sandy is projected to track south of us a little bit. We will likely experience strong winds, rain and very high tides. That’s our best case scenario, which isn’t too bad for New Englanders who don’t live directly on the ocean. I’m thinking a lot of our countless family members and friends who live on the water or right in the mid-Atlantic area that may be hit the hardest.
My “fall color in the garden” photos are pathetic this year. Here’s what I have:
A little pink and yellow and a happy looking spruce tree…
Bits of yellow..
and red..
and the garden. That’s it!
As you can see, we went from green, to bits of yellow and red to brown. I kept waiting for the day when I’d get outside and take those beautiful photos! It happens some years. I never made it out of town during the peak times to see the foliage north of here but it was probably quite lovely. This is a very small concern when we have much bigger worries on our minds this weekend.
I’m thinking of all of my east coast friends and family this morning and sending you love and safe thoughts!
I hear that Halloween is being celebrated wildly downtown. If I make it down there later today or tomorrow I’ll posts some photos that will be sure to make you smile!
Love, Michele
The Salem Garden 