suns along the Mohawk

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Like my buddy Lawrence, I’ve been standing around waiting for the fall foliage to reach its peak of color here in Schenectady’s Stockade District and along our Mohawk River waterfront.  (more of Lawrence patiently waiting here).  It’s the third week of October, I’m surely more impatient than Lawrence, as I lug my camera around our ‘hood, looking for autumnal beauty.

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– October 20th, but Isle of the Cayugas is still mostly green –

Of course, there already are quite a few examples of autumnal reds, yellows and oranges on trees and vines around the Stockade.  So, I decided to snap a few pictures and share them with others who feel they’ve had to wait too long for the climax of autumn’s annual show. [scroll on a picture for a description; click on it for a larger version]

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– you can’t miss this tree on So. Church St. alongside the former Knights of Columbus building –

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– two more So. Church St. trees in the noonday sun – October 19, 2009 –

Three views on Washington Avenue, late afternoon, Oct. 20, 2009:

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While I procrastinated a day or two in posting these photos, many of the late-changing leaves went from green to yellow along the streets of the Stockade, but we haven’t quite reached our peak.  I’m hoping to get a few shots along the Mohawk before the colorful leaves fall off the trees.