The fall colors they are a popping around the Midcoast
The fall colors are spectacular as you drive around the Midcoast right now, but if you take a moment to stop and get closer, you can really appreciate the nuance of the variations and changes unfolding. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
Driving along Route 52, north of Lincolnville Center, this field offers a colorful palette across both the trees in the foreground and those on the mountains in the background. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
Purple asters are some of the last flowers to bloom in the fall, and honeybees and other pollinators love them. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
Don’t forget to look down! (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
Even the flowers that have passed offer something to the fall landscape palette. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
A burning, or fire, bush on Route 52, just before Youngtown Inn. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
The view across Megunticook Lake. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
The fall colors are spectacular as you drive around the Midcoast right now, but if you take a moment to stop and get closer, you can really appreciate the nuance of the variations and changes unfolding. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
Driving along Route 52, north of Lincolnville Center, this field offers a colorful palette across both the trees in the foreground and those on the mountains in the background. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
Purple asters are some of the last flowers to bloom in the fall, and honeybees and other pollinators love them. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
Don’t forget to look down! (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
Even the flowers that have passed offer something to the fall landscape palette. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
A burning, or fire, bush on Route 52, just before Youngtown Inn. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
The view across Megunticook Lake. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
(Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
According to Maine's Official Fall Foliage website, all but coastal parts of Down East are at peak color, but there is still plenty of color to see and not a lot of leaf drop yet.
The 2016 fall foliage report from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry reports peak conditions throughout Maine this upcoming weekend.
"Those leaf peepers who prefer a less hectic weekend for a fall foliage drive, now that the busy Columbus Day weekend has passed, will find that we're still awash with color as most areas are still at peak or slightly beyond peak conditions. There is nowhere in the state of Maine that is untouched by the breathtaking colors of fall," said Gale Ross, fall foliage spokesperson. "Northern Maine still has plenty of color and low leaf drop."
One doesn't need to drive far to see trees and shrubs ablaze in bright yellow, red and orange, as well all variations of gold and tan, with some silver mixed in too.
For locals, the drive to work each day is a soothing one, especially when one takes a moment to pull over, step outside the car, look around and take a deep breath.
Enjoy it while you can... Halloween is a couple of weeks away, followed by Thanksgiving a month later and then the first day of winter, on Dec. 21.
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