J. Harry Rich State Forest

Trail Head for the
J. Harry Rich State Forest

Today was one of those Autumn days that seem perfect and you wish you could have two more months of them. The shame is you know that there is no way to stop the Earth in its orbit around the sun and that we are heading toward the Winter Solstice whether we like it or not. If Dad were still with us he would have made his weekly Sunday phone call and made some comment about the days getting shorter. I miss those calls more than I ever could imagine.



View of the Nashua River

The day started out foggy. It was still foggy at 10:30 am as we made our way to Waltham to visit Bentley University with our son who is a high school senior.  By the time we exited the welcoming talk the sky was clear.

This afternoon we were free to spend some quiet time together, the husband and I, so we headed off for a lovely walk in the woods. The J. Harry Rich State Forest is a short drive from our house. Its wide, well marked trails make for a pleasant experience. The red maples, often called swamp maples, that line the Nashua River are really starting to show their colors. All of a sudden in the last few days the trees are really starting to change a sure sign of the advancing season.

Red maple showing its colors