I wanted to share a few photos documenting a view of New England’s transition from fall to winter. (Maybe it’s not officially winter, but we have had our first snow.)
I start off here with one of my favorite photographic subjects: shadows. These are shadows of late-autumn weeds. Next we have a view of French’s Meadow along the Sudbury River. It is nearly always covered with water from the river escaping the banks.
Concord was the site of the military funeral for Tom Hudner, Korean War hero and a native of Fall River, Massachusetts.
The classroom picture was taken December 12, when students from a Providence English-as-a-Second-Language class where I volunteer gave me the sweetest thank-you celebration. Many of them also took phone videos of me trying to replicate the dancing of a Congolese woman in the class. Now I am worried about how many Facebook pages it’s on.
The gingerbread house is the 2017 version by the woman who does one every year for the town library. Each year’s is more amazing than the last. Note the little duck pond in the lower left.
The Grasshopper Shop, a women’s clothing store, put out a tree decorated with the holiday wishes of children. How sad that one child would have to wish “that North Korea doesn’t nuke anyone.”
The deciduous holly and white pine are pictured after our first snow. The town was really pretty when my husband and I walked through the shadows cast by streetlights and holiday lights on our way to dinner that night.
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The gingerbread house is delightful! The snow on the red berries is beautiful!
At some point this winter, a flock of birds will come and eat all those berries. One year it was bluebirds, my favorite. They don’t usually spend winter up north. No birds have discovered the berries this year so far.
I like the idea with a Christmas tree decorated with holiday wishes. Your pics are so nice. They are documenting a piece of a life.
One year I hung a few famous quotes on my own tree, a tradition John had seen in Southeast Asia.
I’ve missed your photos–it’s been awhile! These are perfect for the season–poignant and whimsical and pretty. I love the one of your students–they look proud and happy. The wish on tree about North Korea breaks my heart . . .
The teacher I work with at that nonprofit set up the party for me. She us a real peach.