Hello October

October in New Hampshire is a month of extraordinary color and quiet transformation. The hills and mountains become a tapestry of brilliant reds, glowing oranges, golden yellows, and the lingering greens of evergreens, while crisp mornings bring a hint of frost and the unmistakable scent of fallen leaves. Roads that seem ordinary during the rest of the year become beautiful journeys through forests ablaze with color, with reflections shimmering across the state’s countless ponds and lakes. There is a fleeting quality to October in New Hampshire—the knowledge that this spectacular display will soon give way to bare branches and winter—that makes every warm afternoon, brilliant hillside, and drifting leaf feel especially precious.