Wednesday, September 23, 2009

September 23


As it's the first full day of fall, it only seems appropriate that I take a photo of some of New England's famed foliage turning. That it still seems to be too early to be seeing reds and yellows and oranges in the trees is beside the point; further north and west of Boston, the colors are more distinct and the change is very much more evident.

This was almost the summer that wasn't. The spring and the first part of the summer was cool and rainy, and we managed to survive the entire season without putting in the air conditioners this year. One result of the cool wet spring is that the colors are supposed to be particularly vivid this year.

From my point of view, there's a dark cloud inside this silver lining: The changing of the seasons brings us ever closer to winter and the accompanying snows and winds and unpleasant weather. My plans to deal with that weather is to complain a lot.

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