Comments on: A fallen fall

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By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

My suspicion is that your “tepid” fall day still outshines what passes for fall here in the Bay Area. This is my favorite time of year and the only time, every year, when I vaguely regret that we don’t live in the Northeast. The rest of the time, I’m so grateful for my temperate climate — although I do wish it would rain just a little bit more.

By: Asher Abrams

Asher Abrams — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Now you’ve got me going. I do feel a twinge of nostalgia for my native New England. (OK, Connecticut isn’t the “real” New England, but we do get four seasons up there.) Thanks for the beautiful photos, even if this year’s autumn isn’t quite up to par.

Here in Oregon, winter means long periods of overcast skies, with or without rain. I actually find grey skies very lovely in their own way, when there’s sort of a gentle silver color on everything.

I spent four years in the San Diego area (the self-proclaimed “finest city” in America) and enjoyed some of the “best” weather in the continental US. Well, you know the old saying, “another sh***y day in paradise”? That pretty well sums up the winterless wonderland of southern California. After four years of those sh***y days, I was ready to leave.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Along with southern Ohio, I can say that this is the best fall in Kansas City that I have seen in the 5 years since we have moved here. It must bee the cool weather, which got here unseasonably early - it is usually quite warm into November. Being from NH, I am a real fall snob, but a few trees look as spectacular as those in NH/MA!

By: Goesh

Goesh — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Fall is the time of bonfires and apples

By: Sigmund, Carl and Alfred

Sigmund, Carl and Alfred — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Divine Retribution. That’s what Vermonters get for voting for Dean.

Or, It has to do with Global Warming.

I’m flexible.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

I too like the first hint of Fall and that crispness in the air that kind of takes your breath away. In South Carolina it is a good time of the year.

By: an unrepentant kulak

an unrepentant kulak — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Maybe you’d find the S.F. Bay Area a better compromise then. Plenty of seasonal snow to be had at Tahoe or Yosemite, you know … on an opt-in basis.

By: Foobarista

Foobarista — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

My only experience with a “real winter” was in Beijing one year. Basically, Beijing has weather comparable to Boston, although summer is the rainy season so there’s little snow. The sun can be dangerously bright in January, when it can be below zero (Fahrenheit, not sissy Celsius), and walking outside unawares will freeze your fanny, along with everything else.

Even though I’m a native Californian, I do like a bit of cold weather too; we go to Yosemite in the height of winter to hike and camp at least once a year. Winter is the best time to do the valley floor hikes, IMO.

In the SF Bay Area, we have just enough cold for you to be aware that it isn’t summer, without overdoing it (ie, snow that you have to shovel). And our family has a stranding tradition of celebrating New Year’s Day on the - rather cold - beach…

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

unrepentant kulak: I lived in LA for a year, and I have to say that I didn’t like the lack of a winter. Call me crazy, but I actually enjoy cold and snow–for a while. Our winters are a bit too long, but a balmy Christmas and New Year’s didn’t really appeal. So there!

By: Meade

Meade — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Not gloating either but we have had a spectacular Autumn so far here in southwest Ohio. Here’s a tree that is lovely four seasons of the year but especially in the fall when it emits from it’s bark the most delicious fragrance, wafting and coy. I highly recommend it if you have the right spot for it in your garden.

By: an unrepentant kulak

an unrepentant kulak — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the lovely pictures, by the way!

By: an unrepentant kulak

an unrepentant kulak — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Sorry to hear that the change of seasons has fallen short of expectations this year! As a largely season-oblivious Californian most of my life, I had the good fortune of being introduced to real Fall during college in Connecticut … along with that other thing people call “weather” that usually seems to follow…

Make you a deal. If you don’t gloat about the colors, and getting to make snow angels in a few months, I won’t gloat about the temperate California winters and enjoying lunches outside in January.

By: ExPreacherMan

ExPreacherMan — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

We live 20 miles south of Miami, just about 12 hours from the arrival of hurricane Wilmer. Our trees will be warm and green all winter.. with aome bright oranges on the sea-grape trees.. Y’all slosh in the snow this winter while we bask in the greens and warm winter breeze.. The Lord is gracious!!

By: Assistant Village Idiot

Assistant Village Idiot — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

I have not noticed much red this year, which is a disappointment.

By: camojack

camojack — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Nice pictures. Here in PA, it’s still mostly green…

By: benning

benning — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

I’m living in Largo, Florida, just south of Clearwater. No reds, golds, or any other autumn color. I was reared in Pennsylvania, so I remember the spectacular changing of the leaves - we had Maples in my neighborhood!

I miss the change. But not the cold!