> I lived in Virginia for several years, and I found that to be a beautiful state. My favorite season there was spring -- there are so many flowering trees that New England doesn't have, so in the spring it not only looks nice but smells nice too.
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> But I never found autumn there to be all that wonderful. The south is missing two things: maple trees and evergreens. Well, they've got evergreens, but not in such abundance. It seems strange to want "green" in autumn, when you get that color year-round, but there is just something about a mountain side greens mixed in with the warm colors. But it's the maple trees that are missed most. Maple trees turn BRIGHT red. The south has oranges and yellows but not much in the way of red.
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> The other thing the north gives you is the brilliance of the colors. The best fall colors come out when you get a really deep overnight frost. Further south, even though you still get oranges and yellows, I don't find the shades of oranges and yellows to be as bright or impressive.


Well, at least autumn in Virginia lasts more than a week, which it did here at school (a bit north of Pittsburgh). *sigh* It's my favorite season, and I missed home a lot during what was *supposed* to be fall. But Sosi's new layout made me happier.

Actually, fall to me is when you're supposed to wear long sleeve shirts and sweaters and no coat, and going by that definition there wasn't any fall here at all.

But TOM would tell you a different story.

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