It's October 1, aka "the day it starts being hard to keep track of what number photo we're on," and we're officially into Fall here in the Northeast US. Accordingly, it's a bit chilly (about 30F colder than a week ago), and while most of the leaves are still green, we're starting to see some changes:
The first fall colors from the maple tree out front.
That's the top of the maple tree next to our driveway, which is always one of the first trees in the neighborhood to turn colors and drop its leaves. (The giant oak in the back corner of our yard, on the other hand, will hold most of its leaves until well after the last regular leaf collecting service from the town...)
Still no sign of the really excellent cider donuts that usually show up at Hannaford this time of year, though. Damn it.
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