4th Week of Fall in Central New Jersey

I am really enjoying the discipline of running outside to look for fall color, snapping a picture, and posting it in my Facebook album, “2011 Fall Trees.” Once a week, I post the tree roundup in my blog. Click through to see this week’s shots.

Above, it was pouring rain last Friday, and I was SO EXCITED to get my picture-of-the-day in the rain. I think it looks like a Christmas tree decorated with a pretty little yellow cherry tree leaf ornament. And it may have been pure eyeball fatigue, but I caught myself staring at this picture fully expecting the raindrops to fall.

Pear trees shade Main Street in downtown Metuchen during the Metuchen Country Fair on Oct. 15. For this shot, my goal was to show “trees at work,” providing shade as they were designed to do when planted. I walked around for about two hours before I found a decent spot that didn’t have an ugly trash can in the crop. See? It’s kind of a pretty trash can, right?

A long-time member of the First Presbyterian Church, Roz Docs died of breast cancer in 2004. This magnolia tree, photographed Sunday morning, Oct. 16, was planted in her memory in the courtyard. It’s beautiful inside and out, year-round, with many colors and many fruitful seeds, just like Roz. I say “fruitful seeds” because Roz was always inviting people to the First Presbyterian Church. She was the first person to invite me to check it out. I’ll always hold a special place in my heart for her because of that.

My sugar maple doesn’t lose its leave this early. I think this picture is interesting because you can see where the samaras were before they took flight. Photographed on Oct. 17, this tree lives in Clark. Aren’t the October blue skies so deeply blue?

When sycamore trees form a canopy over a street — it’s one of my favorite things. I took this picture a block from my house in Metuchen on Oct. 18. The buttery soft background looks delicious.

This sugar maple, across the street from the YMCA in Metuchen, was photographed on Oct. 19. Maybe you’ve driven by and noticed it lately. Better look fast. Those pretty pumpkin leaves won’t stick around much longer with all the rain and wind.

Planted by the Metuchen Garden Club in 2000, this yellowwood tree lives by Tommy’s Pond.

Check back next week for more fall tree pictures, or friend me on Facebook with a note about trees so I can add you to my tree list.

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