Leafless, but pretty mild for late November.
The fog was hanging low over the Holyoke range on this rainy Friday afternoon, and I took a drive out towards the Meadows section of Northampton for a better look.
A couple pigeon shots...
A rainy Saturday drive over Mount Tom into Easthampton brought on a craving for some woodsy trekking at good ol' Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, even if it's a wet trek.
A blossoming interest in local high school football resurfaced again and I checked out the second half of Minnechaug high school's defence against powerhouse Longmeadow on Friday night...
On the Sturbridge/ Brimfield line there's a wooded spot called the Leadmine Wildlife Management Area. And in part of that area is a short wooded path called the Heins Farm tail, where I happened to find myself strolling Monday afternoon.
The much anticipated day is here.
Pouring rain sending us indoors, we took the opportunity to get a look at Mt. Holyoke College's art museum recently... 
We headed out for a couple of rare sunny hours on Sunday afternoon...
We received an email alerting us to the coming of the 'Festival of the Hills'. It's a harvest-time fest, way up yonder, in the town of Conway. A perfect destination for a Sunday drive.
This seemingly rainiest year ever continued it's trend on Saturday, dimming but not completely dampening the colors that are just beginning to burst.
We hit the dog park on Sunday...
Ever a sucker for military history, I made my third pilgrimage to that great corridor of 18th century conflict, the Lake George/ Fort Ticonderoga region of New York state.
I launched out Tuesday afternoon in search of September...
Kelly works on Monday nights, leaving me on my own to venture out with the baby and dog (no mean feat, single handedly) if I want to make any good use of my after-work hours...
A recent look at Nashawannuck Pond in Easthamtpon showed that the dredging project going on there is well under way...
Getting to Look Park in Northampton just early enough to scarf up a couple of tickets to the 19th annual Transperformance show before it was too late, it looked like others weren't so lucky...
Finding his humans resigned to docile indoor slavery to the rumbling air conditioner, the dog demanded that we snap back to life, and go out for a walk, anywhere...now.
We sat atop Mt. Pollux Thursday evening, the first semi-cloudless night this week, hoping for a glimpse of the Perseid meteor showers that were coming through this week...
I was able to catch some of the water ski tournament going on at the Oxbow this weekend, getting there just as the individual act competition was wrapping up with this talented young lady, showing her stuff...
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A call-of-the-wild moment presented itself the other day as we were driving home; A fine example of a red-tail hawk was busy doing what they do best, and smack in the middle of a road-side field, just begging for someone to blog it...
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Here's a couple of recent visuals from the wide open road:
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