Forest Hills is beautiful year-round, but autumn may be its most glorious season.
The area where I live is bordered by parkland on two sides – Soapstone Valley to the south and Rock Creek Park to the east. Sometimes I find it hard to believe we are in the city.
Our neighborhood has a wide variety of types and vintages of trees, in part because as trees are felled by storms or age, the District faithfully replaces them with young trees – often of a different species that won’t threaten the power lines during a storm.
On a recent walk I took my camera to see what I could record of this beauty. It was not only a lovely walk, but a reassuring reminder that nature’s dazzling grandeur can be relied upon regardless of what else might be happening in our lives. This is something to be thankful for!
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Chuck Schilke says
The Fall has long been my favorite season, and Forest Hills is surely one of the best places in Washington DC to enjoy it. Louis Halle wrote an entire book on Spring in Washington DC; maybe it’s time for a sequel on Fall. While I have some familiarity with Susan Bell’s economics talents, I was unaware of her photographic prowess. These photos of Forest Hills are heading for a more urban Ansel Adames. She found trees at the height of color in the most beautiful parts of Forest Hills and captured them just the right ways. The photos show that, in this the city of trees, Forest Hills is the ultimate neighborhood of trees.