{"id":293,"date":"2016-10-21T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/21\/autumn-in-new-england\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T02:27:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T02:27:15","slug":"autumn-in-new-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/21\/autumn-in-new-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn in New England"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The roadside stands were piled with golden pumpkins and russet squashes and baskets of red apples so crisp and sweet that they seemed to explode with juice when I bit into them. \u00a0I bought apples and a gallon jug of fresh-pressed cider…. The villages are the prettiest, I guess, in the whole nation, neat -and white-painted, and-not counting the motels and tourist courts-unchanged for a hundred years except for traffic and paved streets. \u00a0The climate changed quickly to cold and the trees burst into color, the reds and yellows you can’t believe. It isn’t only color but a glowing, as though the leaves gobbled the light of the autumn sun and then released it slowly. \u00a0There’s a quality of fire in these colors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have been reading Travels With Charley<\/i> by John Steinbeck and I came across this quote. \u00a0It so perfectly encapsulates autumn in New England.<\/p>\n

My daughter had a half-day of school and we went for a walk through some woods and down by a stream. \u00a0It was a new walk for us but one we will probably do again. \u00a0It isn’t very long but it provides boundless opportunities for clambering down inclines, investigating waterfalls, sitting on boulders, and scuffing through leaves. \u00a0In other words, all the perfect autumn woodland activities.<\/p>\n

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We spent quite a while collecting brightly colored leaves and deciding which ones look best together. \u00a0Does anyone else remember ironing leaves between sheets of waxed paper when you were a child? \u00a0The paper would stick together with your leaves positioned inside. \u00a0You could make all kinds of scenes and color combinations.<\/p>\n

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I love the sound of running water. \u00a0There is something so soothing and peaceful about sitting on a giant boulder and listening to the water cascading over the tiny waterfall just around the bend. \u00a0I think my dream house would have a river or a stream nearby.<\/p>\n

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It is nice to give one of my children a bit of undivided attention. \u00a0My daughter had a fun afternoon and so did I. \u00a0She also insisted that I include a few photos of her in this post and she is demanding the right to proofread it before I post it. \u00a0So here is my daughter. \u00a0Her enthusiasm can brighten any day.<\/p>\n

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Have you ever been to New England?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The roadside stands were piled with golden pumpkins and russet squashes and baskets of red apples so crisp and sweet that they seemed to explode with juice when I bit into them. \u00a0I bought apples and a gallon jug of fresh-pressed cider…. The villages are the prettiest, I guess, in the whole nation, neat -and white-painted, and-not counting the motels and tourist courts-unchanged for a hundred years except for traffic and paved streets. \u00a0The climate changed quickly to cold and the trees burst into color, the reds and yellows you can’t believe. It isn’t only color but a glowing, as though the leaves gobbled the light of the autumn sun and then released it slowly. \u00a0There’s a quality of fire in these colors. I have been reading Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck and I came across this quote. \u00a0It so perfectly encapsulates autumn in New England. My daughter had a half-day of school and we went for a walk through some woods and down by a stream. \u00a0It was a new walk for us but one we will probably do again. \u00a0It isn’t very long but it provides boundless opportunities for clambering down inclines, investigating waterfalls, sitting on boulders, and scuffing through leaves. \u00a0In other words, all the perfect autumn woodland activities. We spent quite a while collecting brightly colored leaves and deciding which ones look best together. \u00a0Does anyone else remember ironing leaves between sheets of waxed paper when you were a child? \u00a0The paper would stick together with your leaves positioned inside. \u00a0You could make all kinds of scenes and color combinations. I love the sound of running water. \u00a0There is something so soothing and peaceful about sitting on a giant boulder and listening to the water cascading over the tiny waterfall just around the bend. \u00a0I think my dream house would have a river or a stream nearby. It is nice to give one of my children a bit of undivided attention. \u00a0My daughter had a fun afternoon and so did I. \u00a0She also insisted that I include a few photos of her in this post and she is demanding the right to proofread it before I post it. \u00a0So here is my daughter. \u00a0Her enthusiasm can brighten any day. Have you ever been to New England?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","category-quotes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2788,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions\/2788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}