It starts in September when you realize that a purposeful yellow wash is slowly covering the land. A bit of orange pops up. A spot of red. Then, as October takes over, the landscape's ubiquitous green changes color and peak leaf-viewing season arrives as a thrilling palette takes over ... until it then fades and the leaves drop and blow away, crisp and pungent.
October is THE month in these parts. The furnace starts up. Sweaters and jackets come out of closets with scarves and mitts not far behind. Garden furniture is put away. Chipmunks nibble crab apples that litter lawns. The sound of leaf blowers replaces that of lawn mowers. The last road constructions begin to wrap things up along with the last yard sales. Traffic becomes congested as tourists arrive for leaf-viewing, harvest festivals, literary readings, and craft tours ... all foreseen in that first yellowing of a few weeks back.
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| Cutting the cow corn |
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| Talk about color ... even the chard is gorgeous! |
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