Well, summer is definitely over in the eastern United States. The leaves on the trees are going or gone, sweaters and light jackets have started making their appearance, and everyone is sick of tomatoes but drinking apple cider by the gallon. As a goodbye to a great summer, here are a few photos I took over the last few months:
The above photo was taken near the end of the summer on Nantucket, just before sunset.
There are 28 reader comments
• Oct 17 2005 • 2:44PM
Jason,
Great set of photos. A prefect way to remember Summer. BTW - this shot is boderline "Steely Dan - Two Aginst Nature" album cover.
• Oct 17 2005 • 2:52PM
Summer is just arriving in the Southern hemisphere! Today I didn't put a shirt on until well after sunset. The flowers are blooming, new fruit and vegetables are in season and I can sit outside at cafes! But best of all, the skirts are getting shorter, the sleeves are disappearing and the cardigans are being left at home. If I could afford it, I'd have a house in the Northern hemisphere, a house in the Southern, and I would avoid Winter altogether.
• Oct 17 2005 • 2:53PM
Those are some fantastic photos, by the way.
• Oct 17 2005 • 2:56PM
Hey, that shot looks familiar.
• Oct 17 2005 • 3:02PM
Beautiful. Why live in the city? The country is richer.
• Oct 17 2005 • 3:17PM
Why live in the city?
Cheap fast tasty delivery and not needing a car to get around is what does it for me. Lovely photos, Jason!
• Oct 17 2005 • 3:24PM
Jason Kottke, you're photos are quite mediocre, really. Straight out of Catch-22.
Spare us.
Further: please, please, please: update kottke.org more often.
• Oct 17 2005 • 4:12PM
Nice pics. I feel it too; summer is gone. This is precisely why I'm making a mad dash south, to warmer climates.
• Oct 17 2005 • 4:42PM
I'll second that the shot looks familiar
• Oct 17 2005 • 4:44PM
Terrific pics! It is still summer here in Atlanta but not for long.
• Oct 17 2005 • 5:02PM
Neat picture...I've always been fascinated by shadows. And taking a picture of one is much harder than you would think, I know from experience.
• Oct 17 2005 • 5:02PM
ACNE + MOSQUITO BITES + KOTTKE = Kottne?
• Oct 17 2005 • 5:06PM
That reminds me, we're out of cider again. I love October in New York.
• Oct 17 2005 • 6:13PM
are you wearing capri pants?
• Oct 17 2005 • 6:19PM
Nice images. Are they shot with a D70?
• Oct 17 2005 • 6:35PM
are you wearing capri pants?
Obviously. I'm doing all my shopping these days at Gap circa 2000.
Are they shot with a D70?
Yes indeed. Love that damn camera.
• Oct 17 2005 • 6:52PM
I'll second that the shot looks familiar
Really, who hasn't taken that photo?
• Oct 17 2005 • 7:08PM
:) Great page, great images.
R2000
• Oct 17 2005 • 8:02PM
Some of those were good, and many were nice. Hay is dead grass.
• Oct 17 2005 • 8:22PM
Goodbye summer, welcome Fall! Football, Hockey, Halloween, oktoberfest, etc, isn’t it great?
• Oct 17 2005 • 9:03PM
The emperor has no clothes, just saying.
Cheap fast tasty delivery and not needing a car to get around is what does it for me.
Yep your local chinese is more wonderful than veggies grown right outside your door, huh? And do you think the country is full of cars? Ha. City people are so short-sighted (funny too).
• Oct 17 2005 • 9:10PM
All the pictures are good, but two really grabbed my attention:
"Kayaks" and amd "Turning"
Well done.
• Oct 17 2005 • 9:22PM
This morning in Seattle it really hit me just how over summer is. I opened the blind in my office at ~10:00am and it was so dim outside. The clouds weren't even heavy, and we still have two months until the winter solstice, still, it was no brighter than it would be just before sunrise on a summer morning.
On the other hand, last night the sun slipped out under the clouds an hour or so before sunset and it created the most amazing lite. Everything glowed like it was soaked in liquid gold.
• Oct 18 2005 • 5:18AM
You know, there once was a girl from Nantucket...
Your photos are a good reminder, I need to get out of this city of mine and back to some nature.
• Oct 18 2005 • 5:22AM
I especially liked the last one, "Falling". Thanks for sharing. Summer is definitely over in the west coast of Sweden too. Today I experienced the autumn's first sub-zero morning.
• Oct 18 2005 • 1:55PM
Summer is not over in the south east yet buddy ol' pal. Nice photos. Makes me miss being in Maine during Fall.
• Oct 20 2005 • 2:26PM
Hmm.. the perspective is the same as The Beatle's Abbey Road cover art.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.
Justin • Oct 17 2005 • 2:43PM
Good photos. Thanks for sharing.