Watson Park on October 2nd.

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autumn, fall, leaves, nature, postaday2013, Watson Park

For a small town like Blandford, we are very lucky to have such a lovely park as Watson Park. The Park’s benefactor was Doctor Watson who was a member of the Blandford Historical Society and left a sizable trust to the town designated solely for the upkeep and maintenance of the park for future generations. Our current groundskeeper, Doug, takes his duties very seriously and keeps the park very nicely groomed and trimmed.

I walked to the park to take pictures of what makes New England such a tourist lure, the changing foliage.

As I walked up the hill and to the gazebo, I was a little surprised that I got prettier pictures from midway up the hill, than the very top or even from the gazebo itself. It goes to show that I have a lot to learn with perspective and camera angles, the light was nice and I like the way the sun was hitting the colors, especially the golds and the reds. The air is starting to smell different as well, a certain crispness is developing and getting stronger day by day, it is very enjoyable because the temperatures are still on the warmish side. I have just been getting a hankering for apples and pears, the crisp air translates perfectly to apple and pear weather.

Excited, excited!

Tell us about the last thing you got excited about — butterflies-in-the-stomach, giggling, can’t-wait excited.

The various times that my hubby and I have planned an evening out at a fantastic French restaurant either in New York or in Boston. My anticipation starts by previewing the menu online, the thing with the Internet is that nowadays almost all restaurants put their menus on their websites so I get to imagine how dishes will taste even before I get to the restaurant.

My hubby and I like to plot which appetizer to get, which main course to get, sometimes we bargain over which one to get as an alternate if by chance we are attracted to the same dish. The same goes with dessert which we both like, I love chocolate whereas my hubby only likes it, he adores anything with whipped cream, pastry cream or any kind of cream. It does work out well for us when it comes to actually feasting, we are almost never disappointed with the experience. It is one of our favorite things to do together.