Red Dress, Derby Street Shoppes, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA

Sometimes, red is the only color I see.  Like this woman strolling in a red dress along the Derby Street Shoppes. Red dress, red umbrella, almost anything red is difficult to resist to my photographer eye.

Fall, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA

I passed through the town of Hingham recently and recorded these beautiful fall sights. Hingham was colonized in 1633 and is now an upscale community located about 11 miles (straight line) from Boston. The real estate website Zillow lists the median home value at almost $640,000.  My hometown of Plymouth about 33 miles (straight line) from Boston has a median home value of $293,000.  One pays quite a premium to be close to downtown Boston.

Those are stone dogs, not live ones, watching from the front porch.

There is actually a sidewalk under that carpet of perfectly undisturbed leaves.

Another undisturbed carpet in a a nearby woods.

According to the UMASS Forestry Conservation Program, "Despite many people's impressions of Massachusetts, it is a heavily forested state. In fact, at 62% forest cover, it is the 8th most forested state in the country. At the same time Massachusetts is also the third most densely populated state. There are few places on earth where so many people live among so many trees! The health of our commonwealth is intimately linked to the health of our forests."

Sidewalk Cafe, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA

When I travel in other countries I always enjoy the sidewalk restaurant ambiance they have. Here's a sidewalk cafe American-style. The plant with legs is a nice touch, too.

For our brief summer, flowers explode beautifully everywhere like in this shopping area. And unlike many Old World locations, we tend to design shopping areas that allow our cars to be close by. We are very fond of our cars.

World's End, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA

This 251-acre parkland offers rolling hills and rocky shorelines, sweeping views of the Boston skyline 15 miles distant, and tree-lined carriage paths for walking designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. Today, it is part of the land managed by the non-profit  Trustees of Reservations of Massachusetts.  In 1945, the property was short-listed for the site of the United Nations headquarters, which ultimately found its home in New York City.  And no, I don't know why it's called "World's End." Let me know if you find out.

Former carriage paths, now for walking.

Boston is 15 miles away on the horizon.

Which critter gets to live in here all winter?  If he/she goes out during the day to eat does some other critter get to move in?  Is there some law in "critter land" that recognizes the concept of "dibs," as in, "I've got dibs on this....?"  Maybe all retired people wonder about strange things like this - and, maybe not.

Why didn't this tiny oak sapling get the word that it's time to drop its leaves?

Long shadows and low sun even at midday this time of year.

A nice place to sit a spell and ponder.

Note to self: don't accidentally set camera to 16:9 instead of 4:3 format, it makes for narrow pictures -duh.