Fall Foliage - Day12 #100HappyDays

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Happiness is going on a trip/picnic to Long Island's very own Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay. It was organized by GWISE, Graduate Women in Science group. I went with Ankit to Mr. Coe's estate or Planting Fields Arboretum. Mr Coe lived in this estate around 1913. It is a huge garden with horticulture and plants. It felt like Cubbon Park of Bangalore in Long Island. It was a beautiful day with Fall colors in a Halloween season or the pumpkin season for me :P. I think pictures are a better way to describe my trip. Cheers to some awesome pictures we clicked.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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