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Happy Halloween: Changes within a season: Reflections on mid to late autumn

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This scene above is part of my regular commute to work. The view of the little white church nestled in fall foliage across Crystal Lake opens up after a long drive crossing through kaleidoscopic tree tunnels this time of the year, past few weeks on a different vibe pass this less serene vista on my commute  Within the "Halloween Manor" can be found this army of corn stalk zombies.   I have not seen anything quite like this creative use of corn stalks before. Note exactly your friendly scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. I explored the history of more traditional ways of displaying corn stalks in a previous blog here .  So far we have had a warm and colorful autumn, but that is about to change let's review what has happened so far and what is to come.  do decorations here? what is more common is this pic of standard corn stalks  it is very common to display corn stalks  this derived from stook, more on this below or separate blog hay and straw bales also sold variety of place
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Cole Oct View Near Tamworth splotches watercolor

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a x x outline or profile of mountain peaks  with handwritten notes of  distance, color,  buy make camera lucida  x x Whiteface  from Fellows Hill Road photo/s close approximation of the scene  x x skill at capturing overall view and details  x 1860 map suggests was road in the 1820's  Durgin covered bridge also see usgs maps  location swamps, when route 25 built  Weygant  Seven miles to Sandwich  x x z
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Stooks, shocks and cocks: A field guide to farming forensics

a recently noticed mistake, misattribution Princeton for years we hosted Fall Festival to provide hands-on  continue to do that through outreach programs schools and community groups recently ADC  z
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Dining with History Hobbs

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Oh, the things I do for history... ... like go to dinner at a nice restaurant just to explore the hidden messages within the decor so I can share it with you.    Let's start with a pair of chromolithographs hung on the wall at the Hobbs Tavern and Brewing Co in West Ossipee, New Hampshire.  chromos a special somewhat neglected form of art  explain what they are  insight into historic scenery views like this often mistaken for haying  depending on the weather, harvests can be only a few weeks apart but clearly look different need a field guide to farming forensics  see here.  stook, shock and cock  fieldwork farming forensics  free outreach program art of the harvest  x Champney, Chocorua Artist’s Brook 1871 Benjamin Champney Prang chromolithograph original sold  Original Champney for this print? for sale Sept 10, 2024  https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30250/lot/1/benjamin-champney-american-1817-1907-brook-through-conway-meadows-with-mount-chocorua-in-the-distance-and-moat-mountain-
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Geology Scene, Seen and Structured

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a geologists picture the landscape  C.T. Jackson, Hitchcock  scene term scenery used in book titles of the period  like a scene in a theater  stage, framed  parts of a theater stage parts of a theater curtain  nn distinctive rock, elephant head, important feature,  insert photo here? Let's look at the print of the "White Mountain Notch" and compare it with another view of the same vista published x years later. All three images show the difference in tree cover on the left (east) side versus the right (west) side of the notch. shapes and contours of the slopes are more accurate on the Oakes. insert many original spragues at currier, but not this, only a bit however, we do have several sketches by cole used to create his masterpiece sketches here the notch continued to be popular, as it remains today view from Highland Center z
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