Leaves

A particularly New England phenomenon at this time of year is leaf-peeping. This isn't as dubious as it sounds, rather it's the simple act of oggling at the foliage. And there's a particularly good reason why people do it round here, and that's because in the Autumn (sorry, Fall) the many deciduous trees turn from green into a remarkable array of colours from light yellow to deep red. I mention this because I've just noticed that the first tree in the park next to my house has started to turn. I took a photo so you can cyber-leaf-peep:





They actually have foliage forecasts on the news and dedicated leaf-peeping holiday websites. If you don't believe me check out www.yankeefoliage.com. These holidays are popular, not only because of the leaves but because the weather is very pleasant at this time of the year. It's not too hot to be uncomfortable and it's not yet started to become snot-freezingly cold. That's next week. Seriously, the weather can change very quickly here because we're right on the border between various weather systems and the difference between a northerly wind (ice-blast from Canada) and a southerly one (tropical breeze) is striking. The Fall weather can apparently be spoiled every now and again by a passing hurricane, but so far Gordon and Helene have turned away from the US mainland.

Incidentally, I've been trying to get a good night-time picture of the view of Boston from the BU Bridge, but it's not coming out well enough on my little camera. I think I need to get a new one. In the mean time, here are a couple of dusk shots.