> > > The combination of late foliage and early snow accumulation has done something I don't recall ever seeing before. I never tire of the bright reds, oranges, and yellows of a New England autumn. I never tire of snow-coated evergreens and bare-limbed hardwoods. But now I find myself looking out at forests of red, orange, yellow, and green, all with branches and leaves topped with white.
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> > > It is more beautiful than I know how to say.
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> > Hey, could you go out and take some pictures? That sounds like it'd make a really nice desktop wallpaper image or two.
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> > Gri"stuck in banal southwestern Ohio"shny
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> It makes me terribly sad to know that I missed all that by merely a week. Maybe next year I'll come and time it better. Who knows?
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> However, I can't agree with you, Grish, on your comment about Ohio. I think it's far from banal. I love the fact that we tend to get the full effect of every season. Our winters and summers are at pretty extreme ends temperaturewise. And both our spring and autumn seasons are gorgeous. I love how it smells in the morning and also after a good summer rain. And sunsets caught while overlooking a field of wheat are unbelievably brilliant.
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> Right now I look out the window and the sun is shining brightly through the multi-colored tree in my front yard, but I know if I step outside I'll need at least a sweatshirt too keep from freezing. I love that. It's quite a fun disguise.
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> I think everyone could probably find beauty in the place that they are. Sometimes you just have to look a little harder.
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> fam"Oh, come on. You knew I wasn't going to let anyone, even a fellow-Ohioan, slam Ohio and not hear about it"ous

Am I the only one to notice that the word "OhiO" looks a little like a bicycle?
Howard