The Start of Autumn
October 18th, 2007 | 
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I took this picture earlier today just before it started raining (the haze in the background). I am truly impressed with our fall colors this year. Previous years have been so drab and we all assumed with the drought that our colors would be awful. Not so! The brilliance of leaf colors is determined by the amount of sunlight, dry weather in late summer (definitely had that one!), and cooler temperatures at night. We definitely hit the nail on the head for the dry weather. And because of the lack of rain, there were a lot more mostly sunny days than I remember from previous years. The cooler temperatures (lows in the 40s) must not have a lot of bearing on the colors because very few nights have been that cold so far. This picture is from our highest meadow (approx 1500 ft. above sea level).
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