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The picture was taken this afternoon on a street near here. You see the problem, right? There's just not much autumn in the autumn, this year.

That's been happening, recently, too often. When I came here in the early 90's Columbus Day weekend was the traditional peak of the autumn color season but in recent years, not so much. Here we are, a week after Columbus Day, and there's not much peak around.

Partly that's because we've had a couple of very windy days and there are quite a few colored leaves on the ground. But look how much green's still there.

No doubt there's more color in the countryside than there is here in town, and certainly there's more color up on the hill than down here in the valley. But still. There's not much to get excited about this year yet, and I'm guessing if there ever is, it won't last long.