Seasons

Seasons

          Some of my previous posts have stretched a bit the travel focus of this blog. I’ll do the same here with selected seasonal photos. But these have themselves often involved travel, so their inclusion should not count against my thematic efforts. My selections here include fall, spring, and winter. Somehow summer doesn’t seem as distinctive, and interested visitors to my blog can find lots of summer photos throughout other posts.

Fall 

           I’ll start with fall, whose colors and lighting seem to offer special photo ops. This can be seen close to home, with some berries and other views in our yard 

 

local mums & pumpkins (Schoharie Mum Festival to the left & right) 

and signs of approaching winter!

There are plenty of opportunities for foliage views in the mountains: here the Adirondacks

and Lake George,

       the Canadian Rockies: Jasper NP 

Mohonk Mountain House

in the Catskills

Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway 

the Smokies 

and Lake Bled, Slovenia

or out in the countryside: Thacher Park near Albany, 

driving along the Thruway & Northway, 

more around the Capital District

Finger Lakes wineries, 

Manitoba from the train, 

more NYS views 

 

 

 

and even golf in the fall 

lots of pretty fields & decorated farm stands 

along lakes & streams

New England offers some iconic fall tableaus

other foliage views along roads & into the woods 

 

But cemeteries are perhaps my favorite place for fall photos, offering such atmospheric settings for the colors.

Spring

  

          Spring, of course, also offers plenty of photo ops  with unfolding colors as plants and flowers emerge from winter. Valentine's Day isn't technically spring, but it does signal that it's coming.

Sometimes winter lingers: "Spring Break" in Iceland

and snow in Bavaria in June! 

And winter merging with spring in our yard.

But eventually the trees start to bud & maple tree sap can be tapped for syrup, 

crocus are a sure sign of spring

buds & blooms emerge on flowering trees 

Bunnies wait for the garden "salad bar" to appear. 

And more colors in the yard. 

My Red Cross driving has offered plenty of photo ops.

Flowers proliferate in fields & garden stores. 

Tulips are highlighted: in Albany's Tulip Festival 

and Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands.

and early blooms in Kew Botanical Gardens outside London. 

We've enjoyed spring views on the UAlbany campus

                 in NYC's Central Park 

Washington DC 

Virginia 

South Carolina, Longwood Gardens, and Gettysburg

and the Arizona dessert. 

Like fall, cemeteries offer evocative spring views.

 

 Winter

          I don’t as much to share for winter. We haven’t traveled so much in winter, and our winter traveling has more to do with family gatherings and holidays. You can catch selected photos for the latter in a separate “Holidays” post. But living in the Northeast means some pretty views around the yard & neighborhood. 

ice can be quite scenic 

as can evening skies 

and "supermoons" 

The UAlbany campus offers some winter photo ops,

even "Winter Wonderland" in March (2018)!

and another Winter Wonderland in December 2020.

But this can't match the 27" "Big Dig" in March 1993!

Though we had an early December 24" in 2019.

and more views in 2020

Niagara Falls has been a favorite site 

          nearby Lewiston 

and a similar New England view. 

Delivering blood to hospitals for the Red Cross has yielded some pretty winter views.