Crescent Park librarian MacKenzie Richard, left, returns to school from Bethel Library on Wednesday with her fifth-graders, Cody Hamman, 10, of Bethel and Jack Arsenault, 10, of Hanover, on right. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

Fall colors surround a barn Wednesday on Smith Farm Road off West Bethel Road in West Bethel. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

A North Pond dock in Greenwood is surrounded by fall colors Oct. 19. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

This group from France came Oct. 9 to see the fall foliage at Steppe Falls in Newry. Julia Romana, from left, Faouzi Baklouti, Marc Romana and Kevin Kaulanjan. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

Fall foliage blends Oct. 4 with a barn’s patina on the Flat Road in West Bethel. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

With foliage turning in the background, visitors examine the 1867 Lovejoy Bridge in Andover on Oct. 4. Rose Lincoln/The Bethel Citizen