New York in Autumn
Fall colors were a little more diluted than usual this year in New York State, following a wet and relatively cold summer in the Northeast.
Fall foliage near Treadwell, New York.
Pumpkins for sale at Pie In The Sky barn, Otsego, New York.
Our first fall hike was a steep walk on a snowmobile trail in Otego. Here is the group on top of the hill, ready for a well-earned picnic lunch.
Our second hike started at this juncture, providing another steep walk.
This time we had a guide who knew the history of the area. At the end of the trail we piled into our cars and headed for lunch at the home of a local family.
The sun did come out for our trip to Cooperstown during Brenda’s visit. Otsego Lake was at its best, viewed from the Fenimore Art Museum, currently showing the iconic photographs of Walker Evans, from the 1930’s.
Photo on exhibit at the Fenimore Art Museum.
We lunched at the Hawk Eye Bar and Grill, at the Otesaga Hotel on Otsego Lake in Cooperstown.
After lunch, we walked through the hotel grounds, adjacent to the Cooperstown golf course. We continued down the road to visit the Farmers’ Museum, where a village has been constructed with period buildings manned by reinactors. Representative farm animals are kept for demonstrations for visitors.
Entrance to the museum.
A reconstructed building in the museum village.
The village lane.
Actors preparing a meal in the farmhouse kitchen.
The farm house kitchen window.
Cosmos in the garden.
Tom turkey awaits his fate, in a pen fashioned by twigs.
Brenda is a great second grandma! The three photos that follow are hers.
Window reflections in the village of Franklin, New York.
The Episcopal Church in Franklin, New York.
Fields and forest outside the Village of Franklin, New York.
