Fall Colors on a Gloomy Day
 

Kind of rainy today, but took a couple of fall pictures you might enjoy from good ol' central Illinois ...

... and one more
 

Here's another from about the same time as the previous ...

FYI---If anyone has been waiting for NE fall foliage pictures;you will:probably;have to wait until next year!Not only;has it been windy;but yesterday it snowed for 1/2 a day.Good-Bye fall foliage!
Sorry. Irish
P.S.Now;I have to mulch up the leaves,take off my mowing deck,
install my plow blade,install my wts.&chains,and install the lift&
tilt accessories,plus call the co. that paved my driveway&sidewalk
& make sure that the chains;won't damage the pavement.Also;
get out my snowblower;so that my dog won't have snow in his run&up his ass;when he wants to squat!

YEP! THat's the signs of the the changing seasons Irish. LMAO

You know you're from Ontario when.......
 

I normally don’t spend time telling somebody else’s story but this seemed the perfect place to post a note I received from a fiend. The best part of it is that not one of these will make sense to an Aussie except maybe #2,
>
>
>You know you're from Ontario when.......
>
> 1. "Vacation" means going to Barrie for the weekend.
>
> 2. You measure distance in hours.
>
> 3. You often switch from heat to A/C in your car in the same
>day.
>
>4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
>
> 5. You use a down comforter in the summer.
>
> 6. Your grandparents drive at 100 km/h through four metres of
>snow during a blizzard, "without flinching."
>
> 7. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend
>knows how to use them.
>
> 8. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a
>snowsuit.
>
>9. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are
>filled.
>
> 10 You know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still
>winter, & construction.


I’m posting about the only spot of actual color this year. Most of the trees around here seem to just be turning brown but late in dropping their leaves. Folk lore says the later the leaves fall, the colder the winter will be. (gees- I hope that’s only folk lore)

PF ROTFLMAO.

LOL PF!

Fall Signs in the Ozarks:

1) the smell of fresh oil on the dirt road past your house

2) There are almost as many dead squirrels on the road as leaves

3) Walmart starts running out of "House Wrap", "Shrink Wrap" and "Glad Wrap" 'cause everybody is sealing their windows.

4) The answer to "Honey, where's the Blow-dryer?" is "Warming the car"

5) The morning fog had encased everything in a 1/2in coat of ice.

6) Coat and gloves in the morning, shorts and t-shirt by afternoon.

7) The dogs want to stay in and the cats want to stay out.

8) The farmers start painting "COW" on their livestock in preparation for the city-slickers' weekend hunting trips.

9) everybody is stocking up on firewood, generator fuel, water, and beer.

10) It no longer takes an hour to drive 15 mi, 'cause all the tourists have gone home.

lmao......here in Ontario we do have a few weeks of humidity too....our summer season...

That posting though is as close as damn it is to swearing!!!!

Today - although sunny - we had stormy winds and it will be still stronger tomorrow. No doubt, that´s fall.

More Illinois Fall pictures
 

First ... a pretty scene

Beautiful horses ...

Flowers and rocks

Fear Not Irish!!!
Some parts of New England have actually experienced
somewhat of an autumnal outburst!!!
Mount Monadnock (aka Grand Monadnock due to it's
little brother next door...)

another...view over pond...

This one is of a little brook in Peterborough...