Foliage in The City

Foliage is still lingering about in South Carolina.

These photos were taken on November 30 while strolling around Soda City Market in Columbia.

Foliage season is long lasting here.

The state house grounds were scenic with pops of color.

It does give me a chuckle seeing foliage harmonizing with Christmas decor as they rarely were together up north.

An extraordinary ginkgo tree.

The camera had fun with the sun on its branches. This is the same tree below weeping so gracefully.

There was enchanting color everywhere we gazed.

It seems strange to me seeing palmettos beside autumn foliage, but I am quite fond of this.

I hope you enjoyed this southern style change in the leaves.


Thank you for stopping by! ~Val

Autumn Images

On a gorgeous day this past week I took a stroll around the yard.

I never realized how neat these tall (taller than me) decorative grasses are!

We had 2 lonely sunflowers this year.

Here is what's left of the Boston ivy.

A azalea with its Fall color.

Vines on the wall.

One of my favorite subjects is the hosta leaves against the weathered wood.

 

Thank you for stopping by! ~Val

Autumn Around the Yard

Just sharing some Fall photos at home.

 

Coneflower Remains

Hostas on their way out

weeping cherry tree

wall of ivy

butterfly bush still hanging on

acorns that cover our driveway

dogwood foliage

ivy on the weeping cherry

the garage where we clearly don't park our cars!

I hope you enjoyed our Fall foliage! Thank you for stopping by. ~Val

Vermont Pancake and Leaf Peeping

My friend Melissa and I headed to Vermont a couple of weekends ago for pancakes and leaf peeping. This was only my second time to VT, my first time being a trip several years ago to Ben & Jerry’s!



This darling place named Farmer’s Diner is in Quechee. There was an article on Yahoo with the top 10 pancakes in the United States and this was one of them! They were so delicious, especially with the VT maple syrup!



We took a ride to Quechee Gorge where Ottauquechee River runs 165 feet below Route 4. This is Vermont’s deepest gorge formed approximately 13,000 years ago by glaciers. It was beautiful, but being used to the amazing gorges in NH, it does not compare. Sorry VT!



We took a ride through picturesque Woodstock which has to be one of the cutest little towns in America! The buildings were perfect, people were mulling about and the foliage was just right! We spent the rest of the day driving around the area taking in the beautiful views.



We drove over this scary old covered bridge in Taftsville from 1836 and survived!



In addition to eating pancakes we indulged in cheese tastings at Sugarbush Farm and later in the day at a Cabot store in Quechee Gorge Village. We also engaged in red wine tasting of local wines from Snow Farm Vineyard. Lastly, we ended the day with local homemade ice cream. Mmmm! I went with my all time favorite, mint chocolate chip!



Just had to add this picture! Yes, there was a zebra roaming about in someone’s front yard. Melissa was able to walk right up to it! Amazing and bizarre! This was a good reason to trespass.

It was a perfect Fall day!