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Falling Leaves Day
But first ... the swaying, falling, visual poetry of e.e. cummings (1894-1962)
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"Leaf peeping" is an informal term in the United States for the pastime of traveling to view and photograph the changing colours of fall foliage in autumn, particularly in northern New England and the upper Midwest. Many different naturally occurring colours within leaves are generally masked in spring and summer by great amounts of green chlorophyll. But in the fall, when the leaves stop their food-making process, the green disappears, and the yellow to orange colors are gradually revealed. At the same time other chemical changes occur, creating the reddish and purplish colours in dogwoods and sumacs, while others give the sugar maple its brilliant orange. Red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown form the autumnal rainbow of stunning fall foliage and reflection in the still waters of Lower Falls, New Hampshire by Jon Mason Henry. ๐๐๐๐๐
The beautiful foliage of autumn is one of the compensations for the end of summer before winter's chill.
During the 17th century, English emigration to the British colonies in North America was at its peak, and the new settlers took the English language with them. While the term fall gradually became obsolete in Britain, it became the more common term in North America. Before the 16th century, harvest was the term usually used to refer to the season, as it is common in other West Germanic languages to this day (Dutch herfst, German Herbst and Scots hairst). However, as more people gradually moved from working the land to living in towns, the word harves tlost its reference to the time of year and came to refer only to the actual activity of reaping, and autumn, as well as fall, began to replace it as a reference to the season
Leaf peeping is an informal term in the United States for the activity in which people travel to view and photograph the fall foliage in areas where leaves change colors in autumn, particularly in northern New England and the upper Midwest.
Inspired by the October foliage of New Hampshire's White Mountains region, this tartan is named after the tourists who swarm the area to see the foliage and who are nicknamed "Leaf Peepers" by the locals. The colours are those of the sugar maple, oak, birch and elm trees of the Mount Washington Valley in October, as they change from yellow/gold and red to brown, while the pines remain green throughout the season. The hints of white are for the snow that frequently appears at the summits of the higher elevations at that time of year.
For a beautiful birds-eye view of autumn in New Hampshire, click the foliage!