Sutton Massachusetts Foliage Photos

2011 was a really odd year. To begin with, the winter leading into this year was one of the worst we'd ever seen. It involved gigantic snow drifts that collapsed roofs and buried cars. It was phenomenal. Then that melted and caused flooding. Then there was the giant tornado which destroyed Sturbridge MA! Then we had a hurricane as well. It's just the year of strange nature! So what does foliage season bring with it?

	Sep 16 Foliage September 16th was our first really cold day (60F) of the late summer. Up until this point it had been in the 80s and it never occurred to me that foliage time was just around the corner. When the 16th suddenly became so cold, it was time to go out and take some photos on Manchaug Pond. Only a few trees were turning.
	Sep 21 Foliage September 21st was lovely, sunny, about 75F. We took our kayaks out onto Lake Singletary to get images of the foliage there. The trees were only just starting to turn.
	Sep 24 Foliage So far we'd hit Manchaug and Singletary, so the 24th was time for the third largest body of water in Sutton - Ramshorn Pond. We had a delightful day kayaking on this quiet pond.
	Oct 7 Foliage Admittedly the Carpenter Reservoir is in Whitinsville, not in Sutton. However, when you look at a map of Sutton you'll see that this body of water SHOULD be ours. I think it's time to annex it. It is clearly within our boundaries, if we drew them more straight!
	Oct 9 Foliage We headed back to Manchaug Pond again since we hadn't been there in about a month. They'd lowered the water levels to prepare for winter. That made it a little more exciting, as we had to watch for sand bars and submerged rocks!
	Oct 10 Foliage Today we brought our kayaks out onto Stevens Pond, a small private pond located near Manchaug Pond. It was a delightful day to be on the water.
	Oct 11 Foliage It was time for us to explore the other half of Carpenter Reservoir and see what it had to offer. This is the side with the dam. There were no birds here, but lots of fish!
	Oct 20 Foliage Today we brought our kayaks out onto Buffumville Lake, which isn't quite in Sutton, but is just a short distance west of Sutton.
	Oct 25 Foliage We explored the town beach, the Blackstone Valley Golf Course, and then hiked through Purgatory Chasm.

Then a few days later we got hit with the largest Noreaster ever seen in Sutton's history in the month of October!

October 2011 Noreaster

Massachusetts Foliage Photo Collection
Sutton Massachusetts Photo Album