Autumn in the Southern Tier

This part of New York is called the "Southern Tier," meaning that this is the south part of Western New York. It is quite rural and is beautiful with all the rolling hills and thick forests covering them. One genealogical site is named for it, The Painted Hills, referring to the beautiful Autumn colors here. They tell us that this year is not quite as vivid as last year, because it has been a wet year. It is still very beautiful.

This blog entry is a collection of photos of the area, and some of our work here and of family.

 A sunrise view as we are coming into the Cohocton valley.

 In the hills near Loon Lake, in the area of Wayland and Dansville, New York

 The hills near Andover, on the way to Wellsville, New York

 The hills behind the village of Canisteo, New York

 The view of the hills east of Dansville, New York

 Near Loon Lake, the trees are showing a very thick collection of pine cones

 We visit a family on a road named "Hungry Hollow" near Hornell, New York

 This gravestone in the Hornellsville Hope Cemetery is remarkable, but we are unable to learn more about this child who died in 1841 at age 9

Our granddaughter, Tova, returned from her mission to Argentina. This is a picture of the missionary board in the Lockport Ward, New York