Part 2, Green and Hayden Roads in Parishville

I continued on my driving tour of Green Road and saw a few very nice, suburban type houses. I guessed that these were folks who worked in the city but loved living in the country:

But most of the homes were farms. This one had not only a gazebo but a magnificent barn:

I drove through mixed forests:

And places where Winterberry, Ilex verticillata, (our native Holly) lined the edge of the road with brilliantly crimson berries:

I stopped the car and got out for a close-up of the berries. Now, this certainly put me in a holiday mood:

I passed more farms:

And farm equipment, such as this old time hay rake:

A modern modular with a split rail fence:

And another modular behind tall pines:

I passed through a forest of Red Pine and White Pine:

And then realized that the road was taking me through Whiskey Flats State Forest:

I crossed over a lovely little brook and arrived at Route 72, which runs from Hopkinton to Parishville. Green Road ended there, but with a slight jog after I crossed Route 72, I continued on Hayden Road. But I'll post about that tomorrow:

Part 1, Green and Hayden Roads in Parishville

So far it's been a cold, blustery winter in spite of the greenery you saw in yesterday's belated post. Our terribly cold temperatures moderated a bit one Monday morning, but a big snowstorm was predicted for Tuesday. So I decided to take a driving tour and see a bit more of the countryside before the storm hit. I chose Green Road, just off of Route 11B. It was about as rural as they come, with picturesque old farms:

Old barns sat out behind friendly farm houses with just enough snow on everything to look almost like Christmas:

The corn had all been harvested and many acres of corn stubble stretched out almost as far as I could see:

Farm equipment and hay bales sat out in the snowy fields:

Old silos, barns and farm trucks created the classic American rural landscape:

Split rail fences, red outbuildings and leafless maples:

This play house was behind the house in the previous picture and I had to use a zoom lens to capture it. Don't you wish you'd have had one like that when you were a kid?:

Some see the winter farm landscape as harsh, barren and forbidding - but I focus on the warmth inside those homes and barns. Winter is a time for drawing together:

A modern modular:

Acres of hay fields, sheared of their tall grass, still showing hints of green through the snow:

A mobile home with an addition and a big pile of firewood. There was lots more to see on Green Road, though, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: