Photography by Rich Turk

The fall colors came early to New England this year. Many leaves had already turned in the Lake Sunapee Region of New Hampshire by the first weekend in October and the climate was quite brisk. This season I began by focusing on farms, towns and bridges up along both sides of the Connecticut River, between Cornish New Hampshire and Randolph, Vermont. As the changing foliage moved southward, I spent more time closer to my base at Northpeak Village in Newbury, New Hampshire, shooting scenes around Warner, Sunapee and down to Contoocook. The weather has gotten more spring-like after the foliage season. Maybe it will it will stay this way for a while. Meanwhile, here's some of what I saw when the air was cold but the colors were warm.