Fall Has come and gone in Connecticut, which means it is time for me to conclude my Progression Of Fall Colors series I started twelve years ago. This is a series I hoped to continue for many years, and have been able to do so far, however, this year I started about a week to late.
The first two years of this series, the pictures were of a farm which is only about a minute walk from my house. Ten years ago I decided to change the location for the 2014 Progression Of Fall Color Series to a lake about 5 minutes from my house on RT17. I tried that location for two years, but the colors were not as good as I expected them to be. So eight years ago I decided to change locations again to a site at Lyman's Orchards in Middlefield, CT. But once again that site did not produce the colors I had hoped for, so four year ago I decided to keep it simple and do my Progression of Fall Colors blog in my back yard. Then two year ago I decided to change locations again, but even though the colors were good, it was not what I expected. So last year decided to do my progression of Fall colors once again of my backyard again. The colors in the past have been good in this location, and this year they were a little better than in the past few years. However, this year the Fall Season seems to be about a week ahead of past years.
The first picture below for this year's Progression Of Fall Colors series was taken earlier five weeks ago just as the colors were starting to change. I usually try to take the first picture before the colors start to change, but I was a little late this year. So the colors had already started to change a little in this first picture. The second picture below was taken at the beginning of a month October. The third picture below was taken at the end of the firs week, so a little less than a week from the second one. As you can see there is noticeable change between all three pictures, and the colors that week started to become a little more vivid. The forth picture was taken a week later, and the colors changed significantly from the prior week. In fact this was the peak for this year's Fall colors. The following week the trees start to quickly lose there leaves as you can see in the fifth picture. Most of the leaves had fallen and as you can see in the sixth picture they were more than half gone. The trees continued to quickly lose there leaves and along with high winds at the end of last week, the remaining leaves are now all gone as you can see in the final picture below. What appears to be leaves in the final picture below, are really poison ivy, bushes, and pine trees. As I have done for the last twelve years, I have posted pictures of this same spot at different points throughout the Fall to show the progression of our Fall colors in Middletown, CT.
Fall is a beautiful time of the year in New England, and even though the last couple of years were better than some of the earlier years of this series, they still did not had the pop I was looking for. However, this year we started to see some resemblance of earlier years. I have become spoiled by the beautiful colors we normally see during the Fall, so I might be a little more critical than most. My favorite colors are the trees with yellow, orange, and rust color leaves when they blend together.
Anyone planning to come to New England to enjoy our Fall colors at their peak, should plan on coming between the last two weeks in October to the beginning of November. The change in colors happened more rapidly than this year than in past years. I will continue to post until the trees have lost all or most of their leaves.
Fall Has Arrived, and now has drawn to an end of our Fall colors In Middletown, Connecticut. I hope you have enjoying following my series of the change in Fall colors this year starting with the First Blog Of The 2024 Progression Of Fall Colors In Middletown, CT. to the last. I hope to continue this blog series again next year, and hope our Fall colors continue to improve as the have the last couple of years.
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