Fall Foliage Check: South Shore, South Coast

We've been taking a lot of pictures of a lot of trees, and we have more than enough for a few Leaf Peepa articles.

Peak foliage has finally made it to our coverage region.

We did a run from Hingham to Duxbury through Pembroke towards Bridgewater, then went back roads south to 195.

Route 105 figures heavily in any foliage article that we do.

Again, this isn't Vermont, we aren't up on a mountain shooting down on valley treetops.

No, we do a lot of individual trees, and even resort to not only individual branches, but to individual leaves 

Any leaf peeping trip on the South Shore that doesn't involve drinking here is a trip that I ain't going on, Jack.

Our modus operandi is a fat session, followed by 4 hours of aimless driving while listening to Roots Reggae.

We cover a lot of ground...

We may even be outside your house right now.

Look for a wandering stoner journalist in a Toyota.

These were shot over the weekend, so you want to hustle if you are planning a similar trip in a similar area.

You can tell which pics Stacey sent in, as she knows how to photo edit.

We'll have another batch published after Halloween, then we'll do a Cape Cod foliage check in early November.

The Cape is peaking when New Hampshire is spent.

This is technically Cape Cod, but it is also mainland Bourne.

There's a nice 105 sign.

More to come...

Foliage Check: South Shore, 10/20--10/22

We took to the streets to show you some foliage around SE Massachusetts.

We worked a route from the Middleboro/Rochester/Lakeville area up to the Bridgewater/Halifax/Plympton area then down the Irish Riviera from Duxbury through Plymouth to Bourne. We also threw in some Quincy shots, like the one above, from a previous article.

Sunflower?

Southeastern Massachusetts, while technically New England, is the weak sister when it comes to foliage. We don't have the mountain valley views that you see in New Hampshire. We have an overabundance of pine trees, which don't turn into pretty colors. These colors don't arrive until later in the season- Cape Cod turns in November, while parts of Maine peak in September.

This late peak means that our foliage has to outlast October, which is a stormy month and the beginning of Nor'easter season. After we publish this article, for instance, we have to write a "Nor'easter this Saturday" article. This Nor'easter, and her heavy winds, will effectively end foliage season.

This is sort of the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree of the foliage article. I'm quite fond of it.

Wires get into our shots a lot.

We aren't above aiming at individual branches, especially before the season peaks.

SE Massachusetts is just starting to peak. We peak North to south, inland to coastal. Everything aside from the Cape is usually played out by Halloween.

We intend to do a southern South Shore piece and a South Coast piece before then.

We even plan to do an early November article for Cape Cod, if the storm leaves any foliage up.

We shoot out of the car window a lot, although we always pull over first.

Click on any pic to enlarge it.

I think that we were actually driving for this pic.

A sunny day greatly helps a foliage photographer.

This looks like effective use of foreground, but in reality it is just Stephen shooting at individual branches because he went farther south than the peak foliage did.

Monponsett Lake, Stacey's namesake.

This may be Bourne, but it is mainland Bourne. We haven't crossed the bridges yet for a foliage article.

Much like the sun, still waters are much-loved by the foliage photographer.

This is the herring run in Bourne.

Remember how I was saying that we shoot at individual branches from time to time? Here, we resort to shooting at individual leaves.

Mother Nature is doing the heavy lifting.

Technically not foliage, but it got into the article.

We got out of the car for this one.

This is Cape Cod, the video below is from Brockton (because when someone says"fall foliage," you immediately think "Brockton"), and we'll be back soon with more pics!