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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 11:45 AM
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Are the leaves changing in your area yet?
Here in the Phoenix area what few trees change color and lose leaves won't do it til late November and through December.
It's one of the very few things I miss from living back east... a nice crisp, colorful Fall season.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 11:47 AM
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1. Well, it's been 82 and muggy in murderapolis the last few days...
hasn't stopped anything from changing.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 12:01 PM
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2. Don't worry about the warm weather right now...
You'll probably have snow on the ground by Halloween. :P
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 12:08 PM
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3. Thankfully, the leaves never change here!
Lots and lots of evergreens and the climate to keep things green. Gotta love it to live here :D
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 12:15 PM
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4. No leaves to rake!
:)
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 01:05 PM
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6. And no "dead" trees to clutter the landscape for 3-6 months.
:D
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 10:21 PM
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23. Our dead trees were picked up very quickly.
Only took one month.

Some jerk came down the street and started a fire in one pile.

With the dry leaves the fire started easy.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 09:32 PM
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30. I didn't mean actual dead trees...
;)

I meant that without leaves, or even when they are turning, they remind me too much of dead trees. I want them with lovely green leaves on them all year round :D
Otherwise, it's too depressing and bleak..........................:P
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 12:42 PM
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5. No, I am in CT (nt)
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 01:06 PM
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7. We always get some trees starting early, in August, but it is a loooong process.
Edited on Mon Sep-14-09 01:08 PM by Arugula Latte
There will be leaves on some trees until mid-to-late November. (This is Portland, Ore.) From what I remember about the fall when I lived on the East Coast, it seemed like the leaf change there was faster. Boom! One day you wake up and everything is red and gold.

Edited to add, we have LOTS of evergreens here (Doug firs, Western Cedars) so winter is a lot greener here than in the mid-Atlantic East Coast (I lived in DC).
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 09:55 PM
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16. You live in an area that I would love to visit.
I've never been in that part of the US.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 10:06 PM
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18. It's spectacular.
I've lived in various places -- Ohio, San Francisco area, Wash. DC, Colorado (for a summer) -- and I just love the Northwest scenery.

Our fair city (on a clear day):

One of my favorite places, Ecola State Park (Oregon):

Opal Creek:

Sparks Lake (camped here last summer):
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 10:12 PM
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19. Simply gorgeous.
:loveya: All that water!

Not much around here in the desert but it does have a beauty all its own.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 10:17 PM
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21. I do love the desert, especially at twilight. It does have a unique beauty.
I'm kind of attached to the tree canopy now, though. I like my shade. :)
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 01:09 PM
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8. They're starting to here in Anchorage,
almost over further north.
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Louisiana1976 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 01:36 PM
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9. We've had quite a few fall-like days and some have started changing.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 08:11 PM
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10. It rained today and actually became a little bit cold in the afternoon. Such a sad time of year.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 09:57 PM
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17. I always thought of this time of year as cozy
or at least it will be here in AZ in a few weeks when we're finally done with 100 degree temps.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 07:35 PM
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26. I live in Ontario. I'm sure it is cozy in AZ in the fall. I fell cozy way up here when we go to our
cottage in Quebec and relax around the fire. That is cozy.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 09:10 PM
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11. Uh, sorry, but "falling leaves" to me means only RAKING!1 NOT a pretty picture!1 n/t
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 09:10 PM
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12. Yes in PA. Some tinges of red and lots of brown leaves on the ground already.
Our peak isn't until around Oct. 15 though.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 09:11 PM
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13. I was in the Moutains of Maryland this weekend and many leaves have browned and fallen
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 09:40 PM
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14. Eastern iowa - a few of the early changers have started
some of the softer maples.
Weather has been little short of spectacular for 2 weeks.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 09:41 PM
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15. Starting now (western NY)
Right on schedule. Warmish days but cool night have started things moving. We also haven't had much rain lately, which is saying something, as we were downright soggy (and cold) most of the summer.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 10:14 PM
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20. in Texas they are either on the tree or not on the tree
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 10:22 PM
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24. Our china berry trees leaves change color.
That is about the only tree that does.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 10:18 PM
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22. Los Angeles. And, um...no.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 10:25 PM
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25. A few trees are turning around the edges
but it still feels like summer here in Minneapolis.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 09:24 PM
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27. Central New York - not only changing, but producing some spectacular red tones.
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 09:31 PM
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28. Not yet....
The plants around here are very shy. Perhaps when no one is looking....
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 09:31 PM
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29. Not yet....
The plants around here are very shy. Perhaps when no one is looking....
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 05:52 AM
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31. Central NH. Yes.
Looks like an early wintah.
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cherish44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 07:03 AM
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32. Northern Illinois here and yes
Usually you see them starting to turn in late August/early September...they peak in mid-October most years. Trees are the best thing about fall :)
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 10:06 AM
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33. NW Pennsylvania - the maples are changing a brilliant
red and orange. It seems much earlier than last Fall.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 07:48 PM
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34. Leaves are allready turning here in Ontario. I saw one red red leaf on the sidewalk today.
I wanted to point and scream like a girl does in a Canadian commercial from years ago. I was pretty sad all day. It was not warm outside. How could we go from hot hot weather in late August to cold weather now only two weeks later. I'll never get used to that.
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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 08:03 PM
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35. They started a couple of weeks ago here in IN.
A little early, it seems to me.
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abbeyco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 08:06 PM
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36. In Colorado, Yes they are
A few trees here & there in the Denver area, but up in the high country the aspens are a-changing. I was in Breckenridge (Summit County) last weekend and will be in Leadville this weekend - which should be the optimal leaf-peeping weekend.

While in Breck last weekend, I experienced thunder-sleet, lightning and a very nice dusting of snow on the uppermost peaks; it made for a beautiful Sunday morning.
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