FRUSTRATED PEEPER

This time every year, D and I take an extended trip to someplace in North America to enjoy our favorite season and see how its glory is manifest in different locales.

We choose to drive back roads; the fewer road markings, the better to "Discover America!"

We stayed home this Autumn, and I got pneumonia.

Today was my 1st day to break free from being a "shut in", and I fled out!

Well, I only went to our post office box - big deal.  I decided to take my camera and

pretend that my own little town is backroads "somewhere", as if it were new to me.

So, I rambled and yes, lost track of time practically in my own front yard.

I wonder where this gate originally led; now, it stands alone barely visible in the overgrown forest:

Is this tree "changing" by halves?  I will have to check it again later:

  Local school administrative center; originally the first school:

It has been raining and windy, so this is what happens to already-changed leaves. 

The trees don't get to enjoy showing off their Autumn Fest ball gowns;
scraps of "fabric" are everywhere:

Looking straight up, doing a little peeping: 

A charming porch,

 And a charming window.  Just like what I look for in someone else's village:

Closer to home:

 Railroad tressle through the not-yet-changed leaves:

This is un-enhanced green of the underbelly of the RR tressle.

It looks phony!

Natural greens show in the ground cover:

And so does the moss on the bridge and trees, but this is not digitally saturated; it is natural:

I am definitely coming back here to keep tabs on these trees in the background.

If they turn orange, such a better picture this will be!

Here is an alternate route to walking the tracks: