red: so many apples…
red: hard to choose! this one is named chenango strawberry.
red: numbered apples awaiting grammy’s careful identification process.
red: view of the barn through the apple trees
red: all the colors were accented with goldenrod this trip.
red: red hot, that is. this amazing guy.
red: happy bonfire participant
red: chatting with mario at the bonfire.
red: crazy barn reflection in the cellar door window.
red: the barn. so much red in this rainbow, and the barn is now a little bit redder since we painted some of it during our visit! we also got in on some roofing work.
red: quinn was pretty proud of being able to get one of the huge nails into the roof all by himself, using his great grandpa’s hammer.
red: roof all prepped for metal sheets, time to paint!
red: that’s as far as we got, but at least we won’t drip paint on the new part of the roof next year…
red-orange: just starting to see some maple leaves turning…
orange: bonfire fun
orange: chased quite a few monarchs around the farm, they appreciate the abundant goldenrod. edited to add: this one is actually a viceroy not a monarch! thanks sister-in-law, for the correction! here are a few monarchs, now, for comparison:
orange: boneset sunset
orange: seems like a nice road to have grown up on.
orange: i took a zillion pictures of boneset backlit by the sunset, so i’m oversharing them. i love breaking photography rule number one and shooting directly into the light, and i also love the way the little hairs on the stems of boneset glow when i do.
orange: daisies
orange: more boneset. it was breezy, i can kind of still feel it when i look at this one.
orange: heart-shaped lens.
orange: kitty adorabubble.
orange: potentially foreshadowing our next new york visit…
yellow: or should i say, goldenrod?
goldenrod sunset
goldenrod farm
yellow: daisy glow sunset
that goldenrod sure has a lot of gall.
yellow: black-eyed susan were also in bloom, notable because they are not goldenrod.
yellow: apologies to non spider fans, i couldn’t resist this one.
yellow: the goldenrod behind these other meadow plants is making them look more yellow than they are.
green: apples and fields.
green: lots and lots of this view.
green: praying mantis with farm in the distance
green: these ferns are all around the orchards.
green: between praying mantises and green lacewings and other beneficial predators, the apples should be pest-free.
green: this guy might also like to eat bugs.
green: kite flying and lots of cousin time.
green: a boy is in the top of this big mama tree.
green: helping grampy tag trees 64 and 65.
blue: ford 4000 and blue sky.
blue: ford 4000, blue silo, and mad farmer in blue plaid making his way down the hill through the underbrush.
blue: chokecherries and wildly blue sky
blue: pigeon on the barn roof
blue: people on the barn roof.
blue: people coming down from the barn roof, with the moon overhead.
blue: rusty metal wagon parts. i don’t know why i love them so.
blue: jeans with an accidental heart in barn paint
blue: jet blue terminal jfk, deep blue restaurant, blue shirt, blue headphones. this boy is so content with an audio story and a plate of sushi. also, pretty creative with chopsticks.
periwinkle: another good crayon in the box. chicory has always been one of my favorites.
blue-violet: wild grapes are abundant in the apple orchards. grammy is collecting them in her freezer to make some jelly later on.
purple: clover
purple: clover with a pretty moth
purple: joe pye weed competing with goldenrod in the perennial field flower olympics.
purple: a dainty field find
purple: nothing says new york like black raspberry ice cream.
red violet: pokeweed stems.
raw umber(?): enormous old-growth puffball mushrooms.
tan: some of the praying mantises are not green.
brown: or perhaps burnt sienna? one of the many uses grammy has found for her apples… apple cider soap, complete with homegrown dried apple decorations. i wonder if anyone will notice “the picture” from last year in the background on grammy’s table… stay tuned for this year’s installment of three boys in a row.
white: my mom’s wedding dress.
black: good night, farm, and good night moon.
a splash of color on monday morning evening
a photo study documenting the colors of the spectrum: the balance points between light reflected and light absorbed
