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Does anyone know if there are any nice leaves left? Leaving for Concord NC Saturday, planning to drive to West Jefferson some time during the week and just wondered if I'll see many.
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Come to my front lawn. You will see TONS of nice leaves!
I don't know why, but do you know that leaves change color only in the US and China. They do not turn to all those lovely colors anyplace else on earth.
I don't know why, but do you know that leaves change color only in the US and China. They do not turn to all those lovely colors anyplace else on earth.
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Well, it DOES depend on the kind of tree it is whether it is colored or not if that is what you mean. Oak trees turn brown--and I'm pretty sure they turn brown in England and France also.
Sugar maples turn red--New England hillsides are stunning this time of year.
Sugar maples turn red--New England hillsides are stunning this time of year.
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They do not turn to all those lovely colors anyplace else on earth.
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.... anyplace else on earth.
Japan. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2014.html
Britain. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/autumn ......
Japan. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2014.html
Britain. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/autumn ......
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Just got back from a run here in Charlotte and the maples are all bright yellow but the wind is blowing them off fast.
Was in the West Jefferson area last weekend and the reds were quite pretty, but just past peak. It's supposed to be very windy up there tonight and tomorrow so much of the color will likely be gone by next week. You may see some on your way up from Concord though.
Was in the West Jefferson area last weekend and the reds were quite pretty, but just past peak. It's supposed to be very windy up there tonight and tomorrow so much of the color will likely be gone by next week. You may see some on your way up from Concord though.
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To be fair to Waldo, perhaps a different way of stating it would be that the scale and overall brilliant spectrum is not found everywhere.
If you look at most of the pictures cited above from other countries they are of single trees or small landscapes, not the vast countryside full of brilliant sugar maples, ash, birch, oak, etc that form the multicolored rolling hills that the NE US is famous for.
If you look at most of the pictures cited above from other countries they are of single trees or small landscapes, not the vast countryside full of brilliant sugar maples, ash, birch, oak, etc that form the multicolored rolling hills that the NE US is famous for.
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Unlike some, I don't profess to be an expert. However, if National Geographic says that only in the US and China, the leaves turn colors, I take it for the truth. I read that some time ago, I'm sorry that I can't recall the edition from which I read it. You can't change it. PERIOD.
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Pretty much what I said, J62--if the trees are the right kind they turn color.
Or the hillsides of the Rockies that turn bright yellow with their aspens.
OR the very "neat" gingko tree which turns bright yellow and drops all its leaves in a neat circle overnight!! That is a the fun one!! The ground is covered with its leaves.
Or the hillsides of the Rockies that turn bright yellow with their aspens.
OR the very "neat" gingko tree which turns bright yellow and drops all its leaves in a neat circle overnight!! That is a the fun one!! The ground is covered with its leaves.
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