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The Fells is a fairly large wooded area about 5 miles north 
of Boston with a few bodies of water in it.  I-93 also cuts 
through the middle of the area, going north/south.  The South 
Reservoir is on the west side of it and my friend Tom and I
hiked around the area.  It was in mid-October and the leaves
were in full color mode.  Some of the areas looked like a Bob 
Ross painting complete with some "happy trees" scattered around.
There were a lot of freaky trees there too.  Here are some
photo highlights of our travels.
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October 18, 2023.

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The next day we went to the 
<a href="https://frank.notfrank.com/cgi-bin/gallery-thumb.py?id=Bos2023b">
deCordova Statue Park</a> complete with various photos of that trip too.


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001-DSC_7602: A map of the area.
002-DSC_7603: Tom taking a picture of the reservoir.
003-Fells_Panorama1: A composite photo of the trees, reflected on the water.
004-Fells_Panorama2: A panoramic picture of the South Reservoir looking north.
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007-Fells_Panorama3: A road on the east side of the reservoir and the 
mystery building.
008-Fells_Panorama4: White clouds, blue sky, and fall colors.
009-DSC_7624: The circular blur in the middle is a spider on its web.
010-DSC_7626: Spot the spider with the butt-eyes.
011-DSC_7629: Tom points to the building URL (WWW is Winchester Water Works).
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017-DSC_7639: It looks like an impressionist painting (except for the 
traffic cone).
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020-Fells_Panorama5: 
021-DSC_7649: A mini tree, with the sky reflected in the water beyond it.
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023-DSC_7653: A tree eating a sign saying <i>NOT ART</i>.
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025-DSC_7655: A bit of wood trying to lure in Boston patriots by posing 
as an eagle.
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027-DSC_7658: Leaves going kind of nuts with fall colors.
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030-DSC_7663: The woods get a bit mysterious.
031-DSC_7666: The road leads into the woods.
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033-DSC_7667: It looked like a Bob Ross painting.
034-DSC_7668: More Bob Ross paining fodder.
035-DSC_7669: Colorful leaves reflected in the water.

036-DSC_7670-header: The Forest of Freaky Trees
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036-DSC_7670: "ooooooOOOooooo..."
037-DSC_7671: "Ruughhhhnnnn ... must ... get ... to ... road ..."
038-DSC_7672: "Uh... hyuk..."
039-DSC_7673: It's actually eating the sign, in a kind of gross way.
040-DSC_7674: Another view of the trees and water.
041-DSC_7675: Tom walking on a fallen tree.
042-DSC_7676: A balance-beam tree.

043-DSC_7677-header: Watercolors and the Trip Back
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Clouds video and stream video.

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src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1CiOUZwtnlI?si=CuVWOVpdkz2JbaOn"
title="Impressionist Clouds" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer;
autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;
web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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044-DSC_7678: The mystery building and blue sky, symmetrically reflected 
in the water.
045-DSC_7679: Impressionistic reflection of the clouds on the water.
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051-DSC_7686: More colorful fall colors.
052-DSC_7687: The chain across the road is <i>NOT ART</i>.  Good they
clarified it.
053-DSC_7688: Badass tree that's <i>eating</i> a chain. 
054-DSC_7620: Still more colorful leaves on the trees!

Bottom: 
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src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hOBs1uJXhJ4?si=djVh2Cwlaf8ythjG"
title="A Stream Along the Trail" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer;
autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;
web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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It's a little weird with the rotation, but I mostly wanted to capture
the sound of the stream&mdash;which was interrupted by a cell phone 
&lt;doink&gt;.
<br><br>
The next day we went to the 
<a href="https://frank.notfrank.com/cgi-bin/gallery-thumb.py?id=Bos2023b">
deCordova Statue Park</a> complete with various photos of that trip too.
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