Fall foliage in Vermont

My fall scene may look serene, but behind every picture there's a story, and it's not always as pretty as the picture. I took a similar picture when the trees were green. In an attempt to re-create the scene with fall foliage, I dragged the kids up the hill a week or two later. It was coldish, and the sun came out for 20 seconds every 8 minutes or so. When the sun came out, I yelled at the kids - and I mean YELLED - to throw off their coats, stand there with their sticks and stop wiggling. I was horrified to turn around and find a very friendly couple standing two feet behind me. I don't know how long they had been witnessing a crazy lady yelling at kids who were standing on the edge of a cliff. (the cliff was rather innocuous, in reality).