Foliage Season in 2017
Bob Jensen at Trinity University 

Foliage colors were delayed this year by warm weather in September
We had a cool wet summer that was followed by unseasonable warmth in September
Foliage color is usually more spectacular if there are hard freezes in late September and early October
In spite of not having those hard freezes we are at last in the midst of a pretty good color season

Here are some views from my desk of this and earlier color seasons

These are ripening wild cranberries on our front bushes
For some reason the birds leave them alone until late in the winter

And these are the rose hips that take form after our wild roses bloom

This is my small diesel tractor with my lawn sweeper in tow
This cheap lawn sweeper works much better than an expensive mulching and bagging machine that I initially bought for clearing leaves

This picture was taken from our bedroom facing the west (Vermont)

These are autumn sunflowers grown (from seeds) by our very good friends about a mile down the road
These good folks share a huge amount of produce with the small congregation in our community church
I see no need to labor over our own vegetable garden

Since we've not yet had a hard freeze my New Guinea impatiens by the pond garden are still in full bloom

Yeah, I put on weight since retiring (sigh)
That's the result of spending too much time on my butt either in front of a computer or on the seat of a tractor

More of Bob Jensen's Pictures and Stories
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm

Blogs of White Mountain Hikers (many great photographs) ---
http://www.blogger.com/profile/02242409292439585691

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 White Mountain News --- http://www.whitemtnews.com/

On May 14, 2006 I retired from Trinity University after a long and wonderful career as an accounting professor in four universities. I was generously granted "Emeritus" status by the Trustees of Trinity University. My wife and I now live in a cottage in the White Mountains of New Hampshire ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/NHcottage/NHcottage.htm

Bob Jensen's Blogs --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/JensenBlogs.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New Bookmarks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Tidbits --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Fraud Updates --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
Bob Jensen's past presentations and lectures --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/resume.htm#Presentations   

Our address is 190 Sunset Hill Road, Sugar Hill, New Hampshire
Our cottage was known as the Brayton Cottage in the early 1900s
Sunset Hill is a ridge overlooking with New Hampshire's White Mountains to the East
and Vermont's Green Mountains to the West

Bob Jensen's Threads --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm

Bob Jensen's Home Page --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/