We went for brief walk down the Allegany Highlands Trail, starting in Frostburg, Maryland. Just a little walk, only a half mile down the trail and back. We would love to walk the trail extensively, but time hasn't allowed it yet. So we were drawn down the path by the lure of the Golden Woods. A tunnel of glory, glowing in the sun. It was like walking in Lothlorien.



( Follow down the golden trail... )

It still very pretty in them there mountains. Here is some color to brighten your day, and an excuse to use my Jack-O-Lantern icon.



( Lots more behind the cut... )

The weather is crisp and the there is a serious bite in the air. The leaves are passed the glorious stage and moving on to leather brown and rich golds. And the apple tree is finally all harvested.



( Have a bite.... )

Hello all,
I always like to feature my newest advertisement as I so very much enjoy graphic arts and design and really only get to do it for myself. So here it as, but there are two of them. The first will be appearing in Faerie Magazine's Autumn Issue. The second was one of two I offered to the magazine and they picked the first one, which I agree with wholeheartedly. However, I liked them both very much and had to show them off, especially with the brisk Autumn weather and falling leaves here in the mountains! Of note, both the pictures are mine. The first is from a series of shots we did back in 2006. We had just completed a special order for the Crafty Celts who use our hair cup leaves to go with their brass hairsticks because they look great together. So we had several dozen leather leaves in various colors and couldn't resist the picture oppurtunity. The second picture is from my continuing obsession with fall color taken back in 2005 of a cluster of beautiful oak leaves.

I have been doing some work on my booth at MD Renaissance Festival site. Thought I might share some pictures of the site with some of it's late fall colors. Click on the picture to take you to our gallery. Enjoy.