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Falling Leaves Day
But first ... the swaying, falling, visual poetry of e.e. cummings (1894-1962)
"l(a (A Leaf Falls with Loneliness)"
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One of the great gifts of fall is the beautifully changing colours of the trees, which in some regions are simply spectacular! “Leaf peeping” is the informal name for traveling to see and photograph these fall colors in North America. When the days get shorter, trees stop their food-making process, and the green chlorophyll fades away—revealing the yellows, oranges, and reds that have been there all along! At the same time, other chemical changes bring out the deep reds and purples in maples, dogwoods, and sumacs, giving each tree its own autumn colour signature.
Some of the best-known places for leaf peeping include Vermont’s Green Mountain Byway, New Hampshire’s White Mountains, New York’s Adirondacks, and the Great Smoky Mountains along the North Carolina–Tennessee border. In the Midwest, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan puts on a stunning show along Lake Superior. North of the border, favorites include Quebec’s Laurentians, Ontario’s Algonquin Park, and the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia.
This tartan was inspired by the October foliage of New Hampshire's White Mountains region. The colours are those of the sugar maple, oak, birch and elm trees of the Mount Washington Valley 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 this time of year. 💚 💛 ❤️ 🤍 🖤 🍃🍁🍂
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!