Small gourds are perched along an old fence Sept. 28 on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Aspen Stevens, right, and Andrew Severson have a table to themselves Sept. 30 at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. Stevens of Dalton, N.H., has been a student at the college since spring and is a soccer player for the Mustangs. Severson is a second-year student from Rockland. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sawyer Gatchell, 5, of Hebron enjoys a tree swing Oct. 2  at the home of Jim Mavor in Hebron. Adults helping press apples remember the swing being there when they were children coming to Mavor’s house one day each fall to make apple cider. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Kevin Jenkins of Norway paddles Oct. 5 as he fishes on Pennesseewassee Lake in Norway. “I have had epic days here,” he says of bass and rainbow trout he has caught at the lake. “Anything that you throw out here during the months of May and June, you will get a hit on almost every cast. But the fall is good, too.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Randy Springer of Windham fishes from his kayak Oct. 5 for northern pike on the Androscoggin River in Turner, surrounded by near-peak foliage. “There is a kinda cult-like culture with people who fish from kayaks these days,” he says. “It’s a bit weird and I’m a little weird, so that’s probably why I’m fishing for pike. That, and they put up a really good fight.” Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Autumn foliage dangles Sunday over the Little Androscoggin River in South Paris, in front of a reflection of colorful trees growing on the opposite riverbank. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Sydney Richard plays in a pile of leaves Oct. 10 that she and her brother Gavin, background, were raking at their home as well as their neighbors in Lewiston. It all came to an abrupt end when the church bells chimed nearby, signaling it was time for lunch. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Chip Lurvey of Lewiston takes in the view Oct. 10 from the top of Bald Mountain in Woodstock. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal