One of the features of New England I most anticipate is the first brisk fall morning. Unusually warm this early September, we had still needed to cool off more often than to warm up. But we awoke today to a perfect fall temperature of 50F degrees(10C). When the nights first cool off like that I sleep my first deep sleep of the season as I did last night.
Chrysanthemums, the standard New England fall flower, appear everywhere, in pots and in plantings. They clearly indicate fall. Soon all the apples will fill farm stands, including many varieties not commercially viable. You could call them heirloom, but that seems a little pretentious since they have never stopped being grown here. Then all the squash and pumpkins show up. Again many of these never get to market with their odd shapes and long cook times, but they are delicious.
Happy fall to my Northern Hemisphere Friends and happy spring to those down under.
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We had the same sort of morning here. 11C and lovely. You can feel fall coming in the air. I grew up in New England and I have to say there are few places more beautiful in the autumn than there.
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And we don’t even have to go on a leaf peeping tour. We just look out the window. I haven’t been in Toronto in years, but I,did love it.
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Ah yes – I remember living like that. I think I really took it for granted then. The leaves change here and it’s very pretty to see the ravines all change colour from 400 feet up but I miss the mountains and the sweet smell of falling maple leaves.
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I miss leaf burning. I really enjoyed that smell always. I guess it is polluting, but I still miss it.
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My daughter and family live in Germany, and she sent photos of a pumpkin festival thty had attended in the neighbouring town. It looked beautiful.
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A farm near by allows my grandkids to pick their own. It takes a while since there are so many choices!
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New England is a good place to visit in the fall. Love the colours at this time of the ear.
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Yes. We have busloads of people we call “leaf peepers.”
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🤣🙃😂
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Elizabeth, have you read books by Fannie Flagg, Nancy Atherton and Susanna Kearsley?
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Only Flagg. Not the other two. Are they good? Any title in particular?
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My friend gave some books by these authors, I liked them. Nancy Atherton’s Aunt Dimity series are fun. I did not like all the books by Susanna Kearsley.
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Thanks.
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Fall is coming early! Even in Atlanta everyone is already prepping for it and I’m trying to tell people just let me hold on to what’s left of summer! I hate the cold 😭
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It was 46 degrees on our last night in Maine!
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Goodness! Fall truly has hit New England already! It’s still hot in the south, but the days are getting more rainy and less sunny.
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