I'd say the foliage around Rutland is approaching peak -- and very pretty this year, with a lot of reds and oranges, despite a lot of rain and wind yesterday!

IL and MI are not peak yet- although the colors are approaching maybe 30%. Lots of reds too and deep, deep purple reds!

Just got back from Stowe and went over Kancamagus pass and color was near peak with just enough green for contrast and trees were bare at higher elevation on the pass.

I declare it past peak in the Concord NH area. Left Oct 7 for Providence RI and it was a colorful drive until I got nearer Providence when things still looked pretty green. It was gorgeous back home. Heavy rain and light frost combined to knock some leaves off some trees in our yard while I was gone. Our old maple is bare. The beauty on the stone wall is past peak with outer branches starting to look bare. Drove south on Rt 93 late yesterday afternoon FORGETTING that all the leaf peakers were going home. Slow traffic. We could see traffic backed up at the Rt 89 exit to Rt 93 and some folks were heading down Rt 3A to avoid the traffic. There's still a lot of green in the hills so perhaps trees along roads are stressed because of salt etc. Yesterday the sky was beautiful blue. Really nice contrast with the orange and yellow leaves. DH and DS spent the weekend cutting firewood. Now DH has grown up with firewood chores but this year paid special attention to identifying maple varieties. DS noticed some maples were harder to cut so DH gave him lesson on identifying rock maple. The swamp maple next to the driveway was a pretty red but turned early and was bare before other trees started turning.

Agreed! Was in the Arlington, Benninton & Manchester
areas this past wk-end. My friend's house faces a mtn. in
Arlington and all the trees were gorgeous!

Just returned from 4 days in wine country lake land SW Michigan. The trees are NOT peak yet- I would say about 10 more days until peak and then a quick drop in the week after that.

But this was my favorite look regardless- some of the narrow country lanes with tree overhangs and anchored by soybean (bright tan to orange)fields / lakes were beyond a word like beautiful or fabulous. So many reds, so many yellows, so many purples that are turning or bordering to red/oranges at the tips! Looking across my lake-all the forests in the wetlands between the lakes look like an army of red/orange/green soldiers marching away- as far as you can see.

Two days were white capped waves, as well- so it was truly an artists dream.

One morning I was awakened by shots and when I went down to the pier there were 18 swans and about 20 odd species (4 or 5 different types sticking together)ducks. VERY odd! I counted them. Obviously they wanted to be where the hunters were not.

SO finished splitting all the wood from the downed 60 year old chokecherry. Wood has a fabulous AROMA. I'm not sharing that one.