IrishRob17

At Coldenham Elementary School in Montgomery here in Orange County.

A tragic day we will never forget around here.

The foliage is definitely the best in a few years around here but considering how bad the last couple of years were that’s not saying too much necessarily. That said, it seems a bit odd as parts of trees are flashing good color for a couple days but it seems to fade quicker than normal, have you noticed that at all in your travels. At least we have color this year, which is nice to see again.

Was just out locally, lots of potential out there, you can see it with the maples along 211 between Montgomery and Middletown. The low of 36 here will only help the process. I grew up, and my Mom still lives, about 1/4 mile from the Hudson in New Windsor and the valley around there was always the last to change. I had season tickets to Army football for a long time and the area around West Point was always one of the last areas to change, at least the hills facing the river. Interesting micro climate along the river for sure.

I now concede that many of the colors that we had in this neck of the woods lost their luster, with a good number turning brown. I blame those dews we had this week, who wouldn’t? The good news, I see some nice new colors emerging in my yard. #KeepTheDewsAway

It sure is, this was my Facebook memory yesterday from last year...

.10 in the Davis and .10 in the Stratus

Don't you know that the non-local morons know better than us country bumpkins?

Hard not to make fun of that guy scrolling his computer looking for photos of himself standing in snow.

You never know who's lurking.

LOL! Sad but true.

Brothers and sisters, 'tis a glorious morn! I have to admit, the leaf drop over this way was not as bad as I thought it could be after the storm. Driving home yesterday I certainly saw spots that had that late summer worn out look that JC mentioned yesterday. This morning though, glad to see vibrancy making a comeback in the leaves. So if anyone is thinking of driving up here from further downstate, there's nothing to see here... for us locals, I'm liking what I'm seeing so far, some great sights out there this morning.

1.66” in the Stratus, a little less in the Davis, 1.57”, but I found a leaf in it and it might need to be fined tuned as the Davis is always less than the Stratus, will work on that after work.

Up to .12

I was surprised at yours LOL. Just made sure there’s no leaves in the bucket but we are clear and good to go.

.01 here today so far

The .12 here yesterday caused a moderate lead drop on the trees that had already turned around here. While vibrant it looks to be a short season here, we’ll see.

This one from last week?

.12 overnight to begin softening the ground, would like to see some more lights rains. Thanks to that rain, some heavy leaf drop from a couple of trees along the driveway.

I have guards on the gutters that work well but I did have a clog of tiny maple seeds that worked in there and got stuck in the elbow, cleaned it out weeks ago, been waiting for a good test and this week out to bring it. The downside, as JC pointed out, will have some leave drop if we get into the heavy rains.

And the year before that...

Yeah, I had that thought as well, it would be nice if the rain held off a bit longer but it’s also needed.

Some of the best color in years (not saying much considering how bad recent years have been) popping up around here, looks like fall again.

There’s an extreme lack of coping skills in today’s society.

You must get a good bit of sun in your yard, not enough sun in mine to get anything of value really anymore. Got down to 31 for a bit here this morning so who knows how it looks now.