Ann,

I love chili...my stomach doesn't but I do...we have the chili cook off in Pembroke Pines once a year...we have gone a few times..interesting tasting all those delicious samples!

Ann - NH is one of the prettiest places I've gotten to "visit" here. I checked out your links and they're awesome! I'm from East Tennessee originally and I miss the fall foliage so much! Fall is my favorite time of year and I miss the East!

Ann,

There is noting like fall in New England! The leaves are getting so pretty looking and there is just so much to do and see.

Hi Neal - I love chili, too, but some of them have something in them that upsets my stomach, too.  I love my own chili, and there are a few in the area that I know I'm safe to eat! 

Thanks for commenting!
Ann

Hi Linda - I had to go see where you are, since you mentioned you used to be from the east.  I used to live in Fort Worth years ago - I prefer New Hampshire.  I'm not a warm weather kind of person.

The leaves here in my area are really starting to show some pretty color now.  Mixed in with the green really makes the oranges, reds, and yellows stand right out.  Pretty indeed!!

Ann

Hi Monika - you got that right, no prettier place than New England in the fall!  Our leaves over here are starting to really show some gorgeous color - same in your area?

Ann

Hi Ann, Great post as I did't know about the festivities you just mentioned. I am glad I read your post. We learn something new everyday.

Well Jay, what a really nice compliment that is!  I actually learn things, too, when I research some of the things I write about.  I hope others who read my posts find some great things they didn't know about as well.

Thanks so much for that really nice comment!!
Ann

My Portsmouth pal! Great localism as usual...I'm loving the creative juices! Now I like posting there a few times a week.

Hi Ann....if only there was a way to go to them all!! (with a driver of course cause the parking isn't)

Our leaves here today seemed brighter than up north! If it stops raining I may go take more pictures!

We were talking in our office about a winery tour. Wouldn't it be fun to rent a bus a and do a NH winery tour!

Hey Neal - thanks for the compliment!  I've seen your recent local posts - you're doing a great job, and aren't they fun?  I love doing my local posts, plus I find cool things to do and see that I didn't know about before.

Hi Joan - oooh, I love that winery bus tour idea!  That would be fun, and we have some great wineries right here in our own home state!  In the last couple of days here, our colors have really started to show up, and they're gorgeous!  I hope the rain and the upcoming winds don't knock them all off just yet.

Thanks for the comments!
Ann

Ann, I'm not sure I could chose just one of those...I'd have to attend all of them!! They sound wonderful each one more spectacular the other but in an all together different way. What a fabulous time of year for you.

Hi Ann,

Wow, so many great things to do and things to eat! My kind of fun.

Hi Gena - I agree with you, choosing which one will be the problem.  They're each different with very different offerings.  I do always try to make it to the one in York, so will be there later today, I hope!

Hi Lynda - I love these kinds of fun things, too, and the food always adds that much more to all the other fun things!

Thanks for reading!
Ann

Ann- How beautiful is all I can say! Thanks for sharing these photos and fall in your area. Katerina

Hi Katerina - I'm glad you enjoyed this post and the pictures I used.   Fall here is just a gorgeous time and the colors are so incredible.

Thanks for reading!
Ann

Hi Ann

Great job on the post...don't you just love fairs in the fall, there is nothing better and all that food!

Hi Sandra - I do love fairs and festivals, and love getting to try some yummy foods, too.  I like being outside in the fall, it's just really crisp and refreshing!

Thanks for reading!
Ann

Ann,

The picture of the lighthouse in York is beautiful.  We just got back from our local fair and it was fun.  The kids enjoyed the rides and the adults enjoyed the food. 

I love going to the seacoast.  It looks like I will have a lot of good reasons to visit.  I have gotten busy, so I hope I can find some time to get away.  I love this time of year.

Hi Rita - that lighthouse in York is the Nubble Lighthouse, and is supposedly the most photographed lighthouse in the world.  It is a pretty one, for sure, and there is a constant stream of people and cars in the parking lot of the park where you can view this lighthouse.  The New England coastline, especially Maine and NH are dotted with lighthouses, and it can be mesmerizing to look at them.  There are 4 right here within just a few minutes that I am fortunate to live hear.  The Nubble in York, pictured above is about 15 minutes north of me.

Sounds like your fair was a fun one!  I love fairs, and I always enjoy checking out all the food you can find at fairs!

Ann

Hi Joan - we are lucky to live in such a gorgeous state, and one that has fairs and festivals going on all over the state.  Hope you can find some time to sneak in a fair or two!

Ann

Ann, it must be beautiful in NH this weekend . Have the leaves peaked yet?

Roger & I visited the York area for a vacation before we moved south. I ate a fried clam sandwich for lunch 5 days in a row... Love those clams!

Ginger

Hi Ann,
What wonderful photos.  I love this time of year and all the festivals, sounds like you guys have lots going on there.  Enjoy

Hi Ann,

You are making me hungry reading this blog:) I didn't know about a lot of these events even though they are just a few miles from our home. I look forward to learning more from you about the local area.

Judy T

Hi Ginger - It is beautiful here now, and will be here in my area for the next week or two.  We still have more green than other colors here along the coast, but the color that's started is gorgeous.  I've never had a fried clam sandwich, but I do enjoy a nice bowl of steamers!  I love fried shrimp, and I love fried lobster, too.  That's something that a lot of people either have never heard of or that just doesn't go together, but it is the yummiest of all to me! 

Ann

Hi Cynthia - thanks for reading, and we do always have lots of fun stuff going on all over the state! 

Hi Judy - WELCOME again!  It's funny as I learn a lot about things going on around the area, too, by doing these pots.  Thanks for reading and commenting!

Ann

Ann, You never had fried clams...You have got to try. Sometimes I get such a craving for them! the only place you can get the real thing ( not the clam strips ) is New England. Ho Jo's used to have a great fried clam roll.

Mike's Clam Shack in York Maine is the place to go next time you are in the area.

Fried lobster I have never tried. Love the fresh steamed lobster, and shrimp scampi!

Ginger

Hey Ginger - yep, never had a fried clam yet!  But I just may try them next time we're out for seafood.  I'll have to look up Mike's Clam Shack and give them a whirl!  York is just about 15-20 minutes away from me.

The only places I've ever seen fried lobster are up here in my areas - it is SO yummy!!!  Decadent for sure, but yummy for the tummy!!

Ann

thanks for the lighthouse and the beach. my grandmother's house was the last on the right coming from the village (york) before libby's trailer park.

for years everyone knew it because of the anchor in the front yard.

then someone stole the anchor one night. 

Hi Jay - I know right where her house was!  And I think I remember that anchor, too.  It was a big anchor, right?  Libby's Park is still there, and boy is that land ever valuable now!  What a spot for a park like that!!

Ann