Feeling Mellow Yellow at the farm
I’ve taken you on a couple of tours around my farm this autumn, showing various stages of this splendid season. I thought that maybe one more spin around would make it complete. Many leaves have fallen and many of the ones still on their trees seem to be yellow. The vibrant colors are gone, leaving mellow yellow. Please come and see.
Very nice photos-thank you for sharing!
We didn't get much orange or reds in our trees this year for some reason-they went right to gold! But it was still a wonderful site to see. Now we have lost almost all the leaves and it looks like winter is well on her way here.
Love your blog! Come on over and visit mine sometime-you should see the big project I am doing! Whew!
~Tam
Posted by: Tam | November 10th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
I drove from my home in New Canaan CT through Bedford on my way to Duchess COunty this week end, and as I viewed the glorious golds and yellows and a few red RED maples, I actually thought, 'I bet Martha will be out with her camera to take this all in.' You never disappoint! Thank you for the tour!
Posted by: Jayne | November 11th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Lovely Autumn views - the photos are excellent and would make a beautiful Calendar.
Posted by: Lilly | November 11th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Beautiful. Thank you. I finally took a deep breath this morning, looking at these.
Posted by: Betsy | November 11th, 2008 at 3:41 am
What glorious colors, Martha! I just moved to Charlotte, NC from Southern California earlier this year and I am in awe the beauty of the leaves here. How can you not be inspired to create with those trees greeting you every morning? Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Suzanne | November 11th, 2008 at 3:56 am
GORGEOUS!
New York is so beautiful in the fall.
We took a trip to the Finger Lakes a couple of weekends ago and the scenery was magnificent.
Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Jackie | November 11th, 2008 at 4:40 am
I am LOVING all the beautiful pictures. We have a pretty maple right in our front yard, here in Stony Point, NY. The gorgeous yellow leaves just do not last long enough. Our very full yellow tree lost almost all of its leaves in just two days. We went to Utica, NY on Friday and when we came home on Saturday night, there were barely any leaves left! The wind and rain took them all away. So I am enjoying getting to look at all the pretty maples here on the blog!
We also have our own family of red tail hawks. They live on the water tower at the Helen Hayes Hospital, up the road from our house. They like to swoop down off the tower and soar over the neighborhood. We tease my young son, that they are looking for a snack, so he should stay close to the house, as to not get carried away!
Posted by: Jenn | November 11th, 2008 at 6:41 am
Thanks for all of the beautiful fall foliage pictures Martha. My partner and I moved from NYC to Phoenix about a year ago and it's beautiful here right now but I do miss the leaves turning back east. Any plans to stop in Phoenix for your book tour? Would love to see you here in Arizona. Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted by: John in Phoenix | November 11th, 2008 at 6:45 am
Beautiful, Martha. Your photographic skills are amazing. We don't get that much of a change along the SC coast, so it's always a wonderful sight to see leaves changes in such large quantities.
Posted by: Anita Drennon | November 11th, 2008 at 7:02 am
I noticed you haven't cut back your hosta yet. I cut mine back in September before the leaves turned yellow. Should I have waited?? Thanks, Anne
Richmond, Ontario, Canada
Posted by: Anne Beach | November 11th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Thanks for posting the beautiful pictures. Here in south Georgia, our leaves are quite beautiful right now. We aren't as majestic as the north Georgia or North Carolina mountain ones. We too are a little more mellow. We also see the red tailed hawks, and we have a resident flock of Canadian geese who give us a rather musical honking fly over each morning and evening. We have also had an interesting contrast in the fields of brilliant white cotton that are just now being harvested. (Those provide the closest thing to a "snow" covered field that we have.)
Posted by: Shannon | November 11th, 2008 at 7:45 am
I never get tired of 'touring' your property so please keep on taking those great pictures! You captured a beautiful looking sky and I'm wild for colored leaves. Autumn is my favorite season.
You were so much fun on Leno last night - I'm glad I remembered to tune in!
P.S. To Cameron at Definingyourhomeblogspot.com: I have read Arthur Teasley's most interesting story and I thank him for sharing. Many more thanks to him and all of our vets who have answered our country's call to arms. They are our biggest heroes!
Posted by: Trish | November 11th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Martha:
How lovely lovely lovely is your farm and property in the fall. I especially loved the weeping willow trees. The woods are beautiful and very "mellow yellow". I love that you have a red-tailed hawk in your neighborhood. So do I. I watch her (we found out it's a she)in one of our parks sitting on the branches and when she soars around the air space above where I live she is quite the beauty. She loves the squirrels in our park. So do I, but hers is for lunch. I like to give the squirrels salt free roasted peanuts. They are looking very fat and happy this year with their winter coats on now. Thanks for sharing the lovely photos with us. I never tire of your gorgeous farm and I haven't forgotten the barn owls. How are they doing?
Linda
Phila., PA
Posted by: Linda | November 11th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Really beautiful, Martha. I generally hate November for its gray gloom, but you've made it look lovely. I'm curious about the "contemporary house" on your property. What's its history? Did you build it or was it part of the lot when you purchased the farm?
-Andrew
Posted by: Andrew Ritchie | November 11th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Hi Martha, These mellow yellow photos of autumn in New York at your glorious farm are absolutely stunning! The azure sky, the maple leaves, the red tailed hawk, the hostas, etc. are out of this world in beauty! You are a fantastic photographer and it's so wonderful to see your world through you eyes! You certainly brightened my day, because here in the Seattle area it is overcast and about to rain again. Thank you so very much for sharing. Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | November 11th, 2008 at 8:28 am
What beauty. It seems as though your farm is your little piece of Heaven. I am sure it is nice to just be able to wonder and have your privacy out of the public eye. How many acres do you have at the farm? I love that you have kept some natural and wild.
Posted by: Paul Redd-Butterfield | November 11th, 2008 at 9:41 am
What beautiful pics. Here on the Canadian prairies we now have our snow so our landscape is basically white these days!
Enjoyed all the colors in your pics.
Posted by: Maureen | November 11th, 2008 at 11:20 am
What a wonderful celebration of Fall. It makes me want to go get some hot apple spiced cider! Lovely photos.
Posted by: Cakespy | November 11th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Thank you for showing us your property; the leaves are tremendous. Here in south Nashville, we didn't get the usual glorious colors, as the weather went from very warm to very cold, literally overnight "at first". The ground had that icy look one morning, (after the A/C was on the night before), and I thought, "Uh oh, the leaves are gonna drop without turning!" And many did! Our Bradford Pear misbehaved, as well, and too bad, as it can present those beautiful reddish leaves that you never forget.
Posted by: Kate Meade | November 11th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I love your photos! Where is your show on FLN?
Posted by: Dana Sappington | November 11th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Gorgeous pics! I especially enjoyed "Deep In The Woods" and "Through the Stable Door".
This year was a most extraordinary yellow Fall for us also. Besides the hostas, the Solomon's Seals (Polygonatum Odoratum) were like liquid gold, as well as our magnolia.
This can be such a busy time, but it is important to live in the minute and enjoy the show nature is putting on for free.
Posted by: Skeeto | November 11th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
lady martha your pic's are breath taking....iam so upset lady martha..they took u off of channel 2 in colo.. then i was watching u on channel 232 now u not on there anymore either..so i e-mailed channel and told them how i feel about taking u off channel 2...lady martha ...iam the mother of 2 men now but they r my son's.. and they both took the wrong way in life..my oldest get's out feb.9,09 and my baby get's out in 16 year's and the family i have out here is my husband and my 2 son's and a grand son i can't see..and watching u every morning help me out alot...i try alot of your craft's and receipe when i can afford them..u made me forget about all the thing's that are going on in my life..and when i would be crying i would watch your show and feel happy again..i think your tv show brought alot of happyness to alot of people and i am one of them.thank u so much for taking the time to show us all your breath taking pic's...your true fan from the heart..linda bland in auroria colo.
Posted by: linda bland | November 11th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
These are gorgeous photos that really capture the essence of my favorite season. I've always wanted to go to the North East during this season, but I will have to settle for now, for the beauty that I know in the south.
Love your blog Martha!
Posted by: Melissa Lewis - Off The Wall | November 11th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
really enjoyed the tour of your farm, and save a photo as a screen saver, autumn is the most glorius season and is so extra enjoyable in the deep south as it is the least humid, this november has not ben gray or gloomy so far!, do you cut the foliage back n those hostas you feature in these photos???
Posted by: ruth anderson | November 12th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Had to laugh...remembering what Ed Kosh said about saving water..."If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down!" Still words to live by! Love your "mellow yellows"!
Posted by: tinay | November 12th, 2008 at 4:59 am
I couldn't sign up to post a comment on your t.v. site, but I was moved to writ to you and tell you how your show today (11/12/08) helped me personally.
8 days ago (on election day) @ 2o'clock in the afternoon, I was robbed at gunpoint(s) at my job. It was the single most horrifying thing I have ever been through. I knew when i saw the man's eyes that i was going to die right there. I had never seen or felt so much absolute rage from anyone in all of my 39 years in this world.I prayed to God to not let it hurt to get killed and to watch over my 2 young sons after my death.
I have been terrified to come to work or even go to sleep at night.
I heard Maya Angelou today telling you that even when bad things happen she says thank you. That this too will pass and that she is alive and breathing and thankful for it.
I thank her for reminding me of these things.I'm alive! They didnt hurt anybody! And I refuse to continue to let those men have so much power over my life! I will be cautious but I refuse to be frightened anymore!it could have been so much worse.... the school across the street lets out at 2:05 ...if they had come 10 minutes later there would have been several small children in the store. Thank you God for this experience and for your protective hand. And thank you Martha for having Dr Angelou on to say what i needed to hear right now.
Posted by: Althea Conklin | November 12th, 2008 at 7:05 am
...you know, I was just wondering yesterday (Veteran's Day) as I was cleaning up the back yard if hostas turn this yellow color for the same reason as tree leaves?!! If you remember, a few weeks ago I was musing how many of my hostas were putting out new bloom stalks! They're still there, but the leaves have now yellowed (with this beautiful, sturdy, blooming stalk!). I always cut the yellow leaves off (prematurely, maybe), but I'm rather enjoying them for the time being. What usually happens is, that while I'm enjoying them, cold weather happens (or snow!), then there they are, needing some tidying up! (and I wish I'd've done it sooner). (What's a girl to do?!!)
Many, many folks were cleaning up leaves yesterday on the holiday. Several streets over from mine are heavily treed, and you should've seen the quantity of barrels and lawn/leaf bags curbside for the municipality to pick up! In this end of town, too, it's actually acceptable to rake your leaves down into the street gutter (loose), then the city comes along and cleans it up. Believe that?!! Pretty cool!
I venture to say that you took your pictures about a week or so ago, as our autumn show is just about over here in Maryland. Your photos are stupendous - wonderful subjects with vivid backdrops of color!
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Posted by: Cindy Bricker | November 12th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Just stunning and so alive!
It's as if the trees know their grandeur is being honored and appreciated.
The RTH is waving at you, Martha. He knows you love animals.
Posted by: Marie | November 13th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
I live in Southern California a mile from the Pacific Ocean and the fall slips by undetected. However, I grew up in the hills of Flintridge, California so when I decided to raise my family in the clean Huntington Beach air I planted the trees that I grew up climbing and riding my horses through. I planted two Coastal Oaks and I have tons of acorns that I used on my Thanksgiving invitations this year. I have what I call the back 40. It's my orchard and I get Ruby Red Grapefruit and Apples all year. In the summer I have peaches, apricots and lots of plums. My yard with all it's Birch and Pitasporium trees is beautiful all year. My 7 grandchildren enjoy staying at Nana's house and they love helping me in the garden.
Thank You for your beautiful photos. It brought back memories of my youth.
Posted by: Kristina DeLorme | November 14th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
very pretty . We didnt have alot of color this year in the trees here this year.
Posted by: lisa brawner | November 15th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Martha your pictures of the fall color (yellow) of your trees are just beautiful. Your photo's are quite good, your farm is beautiful and so peaceful. Thanks for sharing with us.
Posted by: Sylvia | December 3rd, 2008 at 5:42 pm