Fall foliage, what’s all the hoopla

I guess when someone experiences all these seasons, they’re not much excited to feel how the season is unlike us over here, we only have 2 seasons which are: the dry (summer) and the wet (rainy). I guess this may be the reason.
Thanks for your lovely comment.

The first time I saw fall foliage again after being in California for ten years - yeah, I made a big fuss. Our terrain is green in the winter, brown in the summer.

Your B&B offer should include an original painting by your son. I love the picture of him painting - so focused!

Maybe also when people live in places without many trees, visiting a place with lots of trees and changing leaves is something extra special. Fall is my favorite season (along with Summer). I really like seeing the leaves change color and cover the ground.

But I see your point too, that there is a lot of hoopla. I mean $95M??? That’s incredible!

I would definately travel to see all that beautiful fall color. Must be quite breathtaking to see a whole side of the mountain covered in the colors of fall.

And your post of on art for your child’s room, I loved it, and also loved what you created.

I just posted a picture of Violet, and as you can see not much fall leaves falling. That was about all of them, (that you see in her picture). I agree, not much season changes here ( & I’ve been here almost my whole life), so yes, I too would love to see the lovely changes that occur there in the fall someday! So, did he cover the whole page with orange?

Mandy~yeah, Trent did cover the whole page with orange and some more on the table as well.

it’s definitely not all that exciting….it’s pretty, sure, but i know that the fall leaves mean that cold, snowy winter is fast approaching. yuck.

I don’t get it either. I love fall because it finally gets cool here in Texas but the leaves? Whatever. Who needs to watch leaves die. Sounds morbid to me.

I used to feel like you do - I really didn’t enjoy any season except summer. And I always felt like winter took about 9 months of my year. But since I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that I will ALWAYS live in Wisconsin, I’ve started embracing the four seasons. And enjoy them.

Our leaves are almost all on the ground now, which is a bit depressing. November’s a bummer month. But when the snow comes, the kids will get excited again. And I love the 70 degree “gift” days we get every once in a while - far beyond the normal cutoff.

I like the way he looks so serious about where he is putting the orange, like, “Just a little more over here…perfect!”.

My friend in Michigan used to box up fallen leaves and send them to her mother in Texas. Yes, send them. The mom taught elementary school, and she had to PROVE to the children that fall really did mean colorful leaves in parts not quite so hot.

OMG - the THEME of our school is orange this month so no doubt I’m going to be inundated with orange craft projects! Happy Fall!

You are hilarious!!!

But kids kicking big piles of leaves? Looking up at rainbows of leaves through the trees? Hikes on trails where it’s crisp enough to feel the air and not get all sweaty? It’s art…but you get to see and touch it for free!

Here’s my perspective… When the timing is JUST right, there’s nothing like an entire sunlit hillside or valley that has been painted in every conceivable shade of Autumn to take your breath away. Plus, I absolutely love walking through the woods in the fall and just inhaling the smell.

I agree that winter sucks, but I prefer to be blissfully ignorant of that impending season and choose to enjoy Fall for what it has to offer right now.

I don’t know if I’d make a special trip to see the changing of colors but I would like to see it. We don’t have that here in Hawaii.

What’s this “leaf” changing color stuff you speak of?? Here in L.A. the only time leaves change color is either when a brush fire gets it or if a car hits it after a police chase.

Heh, you know how I feel about them. I don’t walk around constantly saying “Look! Foliage!” but I can respect and admire the beauty. And then they all fall on the ground and I have to pick them up. That part suuuucks.

I have to agree with Jeff. The smell of fall is something that I truely love. Besides the beautiful show the trees put on, the smell always reminds me of that sort of excited, sort of scared, sort of depressed, but highly anticipated first day of school. The smell, more than anything.

And I also try to pretend to be unaware that winter is coming…although winter does have it’s perks as well. Nothing like a snowstorm to give you the excuse to stay home and bake cookies with the kids. (If you’re lucky and don’t HAVE to go anywhere.)

Ha! And the Google ad below your comments is “New England Fall Foliage! Camden Windward House B&B Inn Historic Charm and Modern Amenities!”

You should collect some extra advertising dollars for this.

Its just real beautiful to look at. I think that the changing colors represent change for people as well. It reminds them of things lost, things regained, friendships made and broken, loves lost and lessons learned. Its a season that allows one to think and reminisce.

I am also a freak about the fall falala stuff. But I honestly think it is my last ditch effort to hang on to something, because the winter ick is just around the corner.

I’m with you on that. We seem to go from hotter-than-all-get-out summer to freezing cold winter with only a couple of weeks of fall. There’s not time for the leaves to change too much before they just give up and blow away.

I hear people talk about taking trips to see the leaves. Leaves? If I’m taking a trip, I dang well better see something more exciting than leaves!

being partially color blind, I do not get to enjoy the change of seasons like wife.imp but I do LOVE the change in the air…Fall is the best time of year!!

Because I have lived my whole life in Southern California, I never really “got” fall until I was in Illinois one October. The wind was blowing piles of leaves big enough to eat my car - I said “Now THAT is FALL.”

I love the pretty colors. We don’t get enough of it around here, just scattered trees here and there. When I see a really good one, I stop and gape.

Suebob~I guess I do take the Fall Foliage for granted, being so spoiled by living in Mass for 26 years. I guess having to rake the leaves for half of those years really got on my nerves too.

Coming from southern New Mexico, where there are only two seasons… HOT and not quite so hot, I ALWAYS wanted to live where there were actually four seasons, especially in the fall. The few leaves we had all turned yellow and then immediately fell off. Now that I’m in Colorado with four small children, I TOTALLY get your point. Layers and melted snow in the carpet and colds and flus …it’s all coming!

Funny, autumn is my favorite season. I love getting out the flannel sheets, putting on a sweater for the first time all year, enjoying the last few rays of sun before the chill sets in, noticing that the shade is no longer a relief but too cold to stand in.

It’s all so COZY.

Apples get harvested, I feel like making soup, I can bake again without sweating.

Tonight was the first rain of the season here in Southern California. Our first rain in this apartment. It was wonderful- the sound of it, the smell, the sight of it hitting the surface of the pool.

Sigh.

I’m just giggling at the irony of all the fall foliage ads that are in your sidebar as a result of this post.

I dig the pretty colors too. I still need to post some pics we took on a recent day trip - mountains covered in pine trees with occasional patches of gold aspens.

I live in North Carolina, so I get to see all of the seasons. Fall is my favorite. It is so beautiful. I guess if people don’t get to experience the season, then I could see them traveling to see it.