Bittersweet November

We visited Gibbet Hill in Groton, site of the ruins of Bancroft’s Castle, on a cold gray November day. The mountains of central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire were visible under the clouds, except for one, probably Mount Monadnock. Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus, an invasive species) provided about the only bright colors.

First Parish in Groton and Mount Wachusett, seen through a window in Bancroft’s Castle

A tree towers over the ruins of Bancroft’s Castle

The town of Groton with the mountains of southern New Hampshire in the distance

Silhouette Trees