Red Chrysanthemum

Red Chrysanthemum
Ruby Tuesday

Starting off with an orangey-red mum for Ruby Tuesday. This mum added a nice color to the garden this year, which at first I wasn’t sure about. Like a lot of the mums this year it opened a different color than the final flower. This one didn’t come with a tag so I am not sure of the cultivar. I spent some of the weekend looking for mums and there wasn’t a decent one to be had. I have switched plans and decided to use Montauk Daisies in the pots instead.

Driving around looking for the mums was a good excuse to do some leaf peeping. The colors were gorgeous, yellows, reds and especially the oranges. Since one of the nurseries I visited is near the Pepsico Gardens I stopped there for quick walk around. The color in Westchester isn’t as advanced as Connecticut. Around here I saw plenty of peak color spots. I got a few good pictures from Pepsico and will share them later in the week.



While drifting around the Connecticut countryside I saw these couple of red barns. The first one was in Monroe and while the front looks bad you should have seen the back, completely collapsed! The second barn is from Bridgewater, Connecticut. There were a lot of scenic views along the ridges of Roxbury, Bridgewater and New Milford. I broke out the Nikon 8400 for the Black and Whites. It reminded me of the days of getting some B&W film and going out shooting old barns. I changed the picture size ratio back to 4:3 from 3:2. The 3:2 ratio is what most 35mm or DSLR cameras use. The color pictures of the barns were also shot using the Coolpix.




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