October Valentine

e v e r a f t e r  f a r m

It's here. Peak Foliage.  Today.  Everafter Farm is ablaze with color.

O n e  T r e e 

We always know the foliage is at its peak when the One Tree on the brow of the hill on the neighboring farm turns

bright orange

We call it Al's Tree

The story goes like this

On the ridge behind our farm there used to stand a hedgerow of old trees. The landowner wanted to extend his fields, so he asked a neighboring farmer if he would cut down the row. The farmer, being of an artistic and sentimental nature, asked the landowner if he might spare just one tree. The landowner, himself a kindly soul, consented. Now that One Tree stands as a sentinel over our farm, and, in autumn, a beacon of flaming orange for us as we come down our lane. Rare is the day that we don’t cry “there’s our tree”, as we return from away, and feel a little jolt of gratitude for that wise farmer.

Dean Polis

my husband's digtally painted version

 

Our country lane

Add to the vibrant colors, the 

GLORIOUS

80 degree temperatures

and you've got what I'd call, 

a pretty perfect fall.

Happy October Valentine's Day!

Bisous,

dawne