Ginx snewx Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Foliage is over for most now. Cleanup time. Leafblower, gloves, rake. Leaf bags, and the yard waste barrel. No vacuuming or mowing here, just labor.I will be burning the sh it out them with pallets on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Yup. 6 hours of blowing ahead tomorrow I have to wait until Sunday because it's dark when I leave and dark when I get home. Marbles in the yard,rolled my ankle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I have to wait until Sunday because it's dark when I leave and dark when I get home. Marbles in the yard,rolled my ankleI honestly have no idea what I'm going to do with the acorns this year. It's such a massive amount of work. Whether I blow or rake them or hand pick. It's just mind boggling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I honestly have no idea what I'm going to do with the acorns this year. It's such a massive amount of work. Whether I blow or rake them or hand pick. It's just mind boggling Pay your kids a penny an acorn to pick them up and give them buckets. My son filled a five gallon bucket in about an hour and had a grand old time out there doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApacheTrout Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I honestly have no idea what I'm going to do with the acorns this year. It's such a massive amount of work. Whether I blow or rake them or hand pick. It's just mind boggling buy an acorn roller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApacheTrout Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Little Lake, Wells, VT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Little Lake, Wells, VT. Ah, part of Lake St. Catherine. Spent a whole bunch of time in Wells several years back trying to straighten out their town clerk's office. Pretty area and a nice golf course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApacheTrout Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Ah, part of Lake St. Catherine. Spent a whole bunch of time in Wells several years back trying to straighten out their town clerk's office. Pretty area and a nice golf course. Those hills to the east of Lake St. Catherine and Little Lake are spectacular, any time of the year. Wonderful place. Did you get their town clerk's office problem fixed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Those hills to the east of Lake St. Catherine and Little Lake are spectacular, any time of the year. Wonderful place. Did you get their town clerk's office problem fixed? Middletown Springs, just to the east and Rupert to the south are very nice areas. Very isolated and remote. As for the clerk's office, it took several years and a lot of hard work by concerned town members but it did finally get sorted. It had been located in an old general store, with sagging floors and a leaky roof. The town clerk at the time was the second or third generation in his family to have held the position. Tragically he committed suicide and the town needed help sorting the office out. I worked for the State's Public Records Division at the time and part of my job was to advise clerks on land records issues and overall records management. I went down with a number of clerks and town treasurers from other towns around the state to assist the town. The mess in the office was incredible. Deeds laying around that had never been recorded properly, uncashed tax payment checks. unfiled voter registration forms, left over goods from the general store closing 15 years before, you name it, it was just a horrible mess. One of the biggest support mechanisms of any local economy are the land records and they didn't even have a vault, just a century old safe that they struggled locking and unlocking. Despite all of this, many in the town opposed building dedicated town offices and it took several years and several successful grant applications before one was finally built. I even went down and spoke at a special town meeting highlighting the dire need for adequately housing the land records. It was one of my most satisfying days of my career when I attended the ribbon cutting ceremony several years ago knowing that I played a small part in helping a town out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApacheTrout Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Middletown Springs, just to the east and Rupert to the south are very nice areas. Very isolated and remote. As for the clerk's office, it took several years and a lot of hard work by concerned town members but it did finally get sorted. It had been located in an old general store, with sagging floors and a leaky roof. The town clerk at the time was the second or third generation in his family to have held the position. Tragically he committed suicide and the town needed help sorting the office out. I worked for the State's Public Records Division at the time and part of my job was to advise clerks on land records issues and overall records management. I went down with a number of clerks and town treasurers from other towns around the state to assist the town. The mess in the office was incredible. Deeds laying around that had never been recorded properly, uncashed tax payment checks. unfiled voter registration forms, left over goods from the general store closing 15 years before, you name it, it was just a horrible mess. One of the biggest support mechanisms of any local economy are the land records and they didn't even have a vault, just a century old safe that they struggled locking and unlocking. Despite all of this, many in the town opposed building dedicated town offices and it took several years and several successful grant applications before one was finally built. I even went down and spoke at a special town meeting highlighting the dire need for adequately housing the land records. It was one of my most satisfying days of my career when I attended the ribbon cutting ceremony several years ago knowing that I played a small part in helping a town out. That's quite a story. Nicely done in helping it turn out for the better. Structural improvements in small towns are a tough sell. Vermont has a reputation as being a very liberal state, but on a community by community basis, we're a pretty tough crowd when it comes to spending money. There's a bootstrap mentality that says 'we got by just fine with how it was, so we can manage a few more years...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 We take back the lawn from the leaves. Oaks still loaded..Every single tree there excluding that white pine is some species of a GD Oak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Stick a fork in it--this foliage season is done. Or, perhaps it's just beginning...... 46.6/30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 I took a drive south to East Rock/Soldiers And Sailors Monument in New Haven. The foliage color was at peak, with primarily Oak Tree's providing the color. This is my last foliage trip of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Amazing how late the color is. Near peak here in Dobbs Ferry still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Shot this yesterday from French King Bridge. I've really grown to appreciate the beauty of the rust colors but the end is near. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subdude Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 This was taken on Oct 17th. I didn't take the picture it was on FB. Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Drove the Mass Pike today from the valley to Lee. Still some nice color down low in the Westfield River valley, but the browns of the oaks are all that's left up in the hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 It should be said... awesome photos from all in this thread. Been a great representation of fall in New England. Props to Sugarloaf for the extra effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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