This laneway of maples revealed Vermont’s seasonal changes to me. I saw it first in wintertime and when I came back down that road in the spring, I knew just what I had to do: take a shot of each season. Summer (top right) was hardest; its muted greens couldn’t compare to the richness of spring. So I shot in the rain, an old trick learned working Japanese gardens in the rainy season. The rain saturates nature with rich reflections and deeper colors.
Vermont’s Suite of Seasons: Sugar maples shade a quiet country road on the Gonyaw farm in America’s Green Mountain State.The Gonyaws have made sweet, amber syrup from this 1800-tree orchard for generations.




Summer and Fall are my favorite pictures. The rain must have really made the Summer picture come to life, it’s gorgeous. Fall is just beautiful. Winter is enchanting. Spring is exotic. I really like this.
Well, they’re beautiful. I think this aspect of photography is so interesting. It’s like I was able to spend an entire year right here. Thanks! Great job!
Beautiful contrasts in this series. And yes, rainy days don’t mean putting the camera away, for sure…
Hi Mike , I just subscribed to your updates and funnily enough we were browsing around the second hand book stores on the weekend and came across the September 1998 issue that carried these pics , they still have their magic mate.
Cheers Glenn
I love these pictures. They capture the essense of New England and why it is a beautiful place. thanks.
Incredible shots
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing Mike. I always want to get a four season shot like this but rarely get back out to the same spot. Of course the fall shot interests me the most and I love the over all colors and I’m putting it on my fall foliage to do list.