Autumn Season – The beauty of Autumn in New England is fantastic but fleeting. Once a year at the end of September and beginning of October, the forests of New England explode with brilliant red, yellow and orange tones.
Gone is the uniform green seen all summer and the bare “sticks” seen from November to May. For all the excitement of the Fall season, it really is a short time which is best captured through photography to be enjoyed the rest of the year.
Each year the show is different with professional leaf peppers – the photographers, the weather forecasters, the tourist boards – all trying to handicap the elusive “peak” of the fall the foliage season.
The peak refers to an point at which the majority of leaves have turns and while the leaves are still on their branches. One rain storm, one snowstorm, one Nor’easter, one major cold snap and the peak can all come fluttering down into a big pile of leaves.
Based on the pattern of the sun, the length of days and the temperature, the peak is somewhat predictable yet not at all. Foliage peak maps are touted but a lot a variation can occur within the peaks and valleys. What seems like nothing yet along the highway could be hiding full blown peaking in the low wetland areas.
Autumn Artwork in the Home is a Daily Reminder of the Splendor of Fall
Displaying fine art photographs of beautiful Autumn scenery is a daily reminder of this wonderfully colorful season. In the dark deeps of a monochrome winter of pure white contrasted with stick like black tree trunks and branches, a colorful fall landscape brightens one’s mood.
In summer when everything seems lush but all green, that fall landscape hanging over the sofa provides a promise of the colorful Autumn season just around the corner.