Before the cold comes the colour. It's the Fall. Of leaves. Before the white of snow sweeps your vicinity.
It's when paintings pervade every green gift outside the window. Hues innumerable, of yellow. Hues in hundreds, of happy red. It's when these colours fuel Fall tourism.
When people pull their jackets out, tuck their hands into pockets, but venture out anyways, to catch those last days of outdoor air before winter weeks jail them in.
My friends were happy to give me a ride to see some Fall colours for myself, colours that I saw only in picture postcards as a kid, and screen pictures on the World Wide Web. Off we headed, to Bear Mountain State Park, a two hour ride from my part of New Jersey.
Here's a glimpse of what it felt like:
Cliche says -- your journey is the destination. Delight, is when these wayside trees that turned out like flower bunches for a while, and the sky's lovely pale blue greet your eye.
This spot, where the trees were lit up so wonderfully by the afternoon sun, is very near the entrance of the Bear Mountain State Park. Meditative. Foresty froth.
I love the woods. Any day more inviting than myriad mansions and malls in metros. Makes me want to rush into the trees.
That's the dream riverside one would die for. The trouble with paradise is, everyone wants it. Notice the crowd on this walkway!
Foliage of love.
And some company to cheer about. With some beer and grill in tow...
I'd call this heaven on a Sunday afternoon!
Pictures: Radhika M B
For permissions to use, contact: radicreative@gmail.com
Location: Bear Mountain State Park, New York State
All pictures are watermarked.
A related post to be available on Cerebral Toothbrush blog soon.
Do check out Imprints Handmade too, for a crafts related post.
It's when paintings pervade every green gift outside the window. Hues innumerable, of yellow. Hues in hundreds, of happy red. It's when these colours fuel Fall tourism.
When people pull their jackets out, tuck their hands into pockets, but venture out anyways, to catch those last days of outdoor air before winter weeks jail them in.
My friends were happy to give me a ride to see some Fall colours for myself, colours that I saw only in picture postcards as a kid, and screen pictures on the World Wide Web. Off we headed, to Bear Mountain State Park, a two hour ride from my part of New Jersey.
Here's a glimpse of what it felt like:
Cliche says -- your journey is the destination. Delight, is when these wayside trees that turned out like flower bunches for a while, and the sky's lovely pale blue greet your eye.
This spot, where the trees were lit up so wonderfully by the afternoon sun, is very near the entrance of the Bear Mountain State Park. Meditative. Foresty froth.
I love the woods. Any day more inviting than myriad mansions and malls in metros. Makes me want to rush into the trees.
Blessed are we humans, with such beauty in our midst. Mad are we though, to chase brick and glass to satiate our thirst. This river, is Hudson. Yeah. The all famous Hudson that marks the Manhattan skyline, makes for a prop in countless movies...
...Hudson, that meanders so gently in the middle of these hills and trees, that it sets you off on a dreamy thought trail, makes for the most perfect place to throw your shoes, let your hair loose and stretch out on the golden green grass.
All you need, is a tree whose leaves turn flowery red, water that glitters in afternoon sun and a hill with umpteen green-yellow-orange tree-bouquets... what more to make a Sunday?
Besides the camera of course!
That's the dream riverside one would die for. The trouble with paradise is, everyone wants it. Notice the crowd on this walkway!
Foliage of love.
And some company to cheer about. With some beer and grill in tow...
I'd call this heaven on a Sunday afternoon!
For permissions to use, contact: radicreative@gmail.com
Location: Bear Mountain State Park, New York State
All pictures are watermarked.
A related post to be available on Cerebral Toothbrush blog soon.
Do check out Imprints Handmade too, for a crafts related post.
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