In Search of Fall Foliage
@BelleStarr (61047)
United States
October 20, 2017 1:57pm CST
We are in Vermont visiting my brother and since it is mid-October, I expected that the foliage in this part of the world would have been getting to the point of being past. Not this year, the foliage is very late and it is not even at its peak yet. On the way up, the trees had hardly even begun to turn.
I just took this picture from the back porch and as you can see while there isn't much color in his yard, the mountain behind has begun to show some pretty colors. I hope that we will see a little more on our way home tomorrow. I know that two years ago when I was in northern Massachusetts in late October the leaves were almost all on the ground already. It is a strange year for foliage that is for sure.
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@moffittjc (118421)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Oct 17
Well, it could be worse. Come visit us here in Florida and check out our fall foliage! We've got green in the trees, and brown on the ground. And right now there is more brown on the ground than there is green in the trees, thanks to hurricane Irma!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
25 Oct 17
lol Yes I know but I am spoiled, we get a spectacular show in October most years!!
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@moffittjc (118421)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Oct 17
@BelleStarr And most of the rest of us around the country are very envious of those spectacular shows you usually get!
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
24 Oct 17
Nice picture! Yes, the colorful leaves are a bit behind schedule as it has been unusually warm this October.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
24 Oct 17
Same thing all the way up here in Southern Ontario- very late Autumn- It has only just begun!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
24 Oct 17
Yes and I love me some fall, I want to enjoy the color and this trip was a perfect time, NOT as it turned out lol
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
29 Oct 17
@BelleStarr Yes Fall was too slow this year- for the good weather I guess- but I'll take it. Now it's trying to catch up~~~~~lol!
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Oct 17
We have no fall colors in Southern California.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
24 Oct 17
@JohnRoberts That is so sad not even if you go up to Big Bear? I guess I am just spoiled having always lived in New England.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
20 Oct 17
The mountains in the back look nice. Our leaves are almost all gone now. We had so much wind that a lot of leaves didn't even get a chance to turn before they were blown off.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
24 Oct 17
My husband is starting to rake in our yard at home but the leaves that are down are not that colorful, some yellow but I think this foliage season is pretty much a bust for us.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
26 Oct 17
@BelleStarr that is sad..it is usually such a pretty time of year.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
1 Nov 17
With this awful storm, most of the leaves have hit the ground before we really got to enjoy them.
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
22 Oct 17
the timing and transition of the season, seems ok in England ...it's looking lovely in the uk at the moment.. all the various colours of autumn... 
I hope you get to see some in your area...
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
1 Nov 17
Thank you, I do enjoy the ride from Connecticut to Vermont.
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@DianneN (246603)
• United States
21 Oct 17
Still mostly green here. My son was visiting today and reminiscing about his trip to Montreal via Vermont last year. He mentioned how gorgeous Vermont looked with the panorama of fall foliage in the mountains. Hope you get some nice leaf peeping in!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
1 Nov 17
By the time we came home it was getting better but now I guess that the ran and wind would have knocked down most of the leaves.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
23 Oct 17
Usually, by this time we would have been seeing the end of the foliage season not the beginning.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
7 Nov 17
Yes and now after last weeks storm, many of them are on the ground. Not much exciting this year.
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@mikaelajuliet (638)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Oct 17
Strange in the Boston area, too. I keep waiting for the red leaves, my favorite, but they haven't shown up yet
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
24 Oct 17
No here either, I do have some golds but the reds seem to be scarce this year.
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
21 Oct 17
Its the same here and its caused by Global warming. The woods behind my house are full of Maples and the color is usually gorgeous...but not this year. A good friend of mine went on a Vermont color trip last week from Kansas and sadly there were no colors to enjoy...when living in Kansas I missed the fall the worst, because the leaves in Kansas just die and turn brown. Looks like the color might be gone for good.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
21 Oct 17
Definitely a strange year for that and the weather. Which im sure the weather plays apart in it.
Trees still have leaves here in MA. But arent turning fast enough
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