
Hello there Vermont foliage fanatics! It has been quite a while since I last posted on the foliage forum. Here in northern CT the leaves are just starting to dull with a patch here and there of color at the tops of the tallest trees and in the northern tiers of the state. Right on target with last year at this time, the beginning of August. It has been quite cool this past week with a touch of autumnal bliss in the mornings! It’s been a fantastic summer so far, gorgeous weekends, and wonderfully cool for the most part.
I’m sure folks are now getting excited for the start of fall in Vermont – just a mere month and a couple of weeks away. Although I have had a super summer so far, I am ready to get my mums and décor out right after Labor Day Weekend!
Unfortunately, I will not be able to enjoy my extended Vermont vacation this year, the first time in almost 10 years. Sad but true. I have had extensive home repairs and remodeling which have virtually obliterated my Vermont foliage funds for this season. On top of that, "fuel season" begins the end of September and oil is expensive here in the northeast. I have been struggling with not going on my yearly vacation but it is what it is. Houses can be quite consuming financially!

Anyways, I do expect to be up for a few day trips to southern Vermont and hope to see ixl (Charles) over Columbus Day Weekend. I am a hop, skip and jump away from the border so all is not lost. I will miss our various meet ups with Phil, bm, Carol, mmvt and Tim, our Scenes of Vermont administrator, for sure. The 2015 reunion is still a priority as it promises to be a big one indeed!
Off topic, I recently had a super time at the West Dover Blueberry Festival with their kooky parade, great craft fair, pancake breakfast at the Rotary Club and topped it off with the Blue Bird Express lift up Mt. Snow. Once again, the views of Somerset Reservoir dazzled the heck out of me. Had lunch at the top at the restaurant and the views off the deck of the reservoir were amazing!
I will be on the foliage forum during the season however, and I hope the forum picks up steam as we near the start of the autumn. Hello to all of you out there and especially to the foliage gang whom I will dearly miss.

Bring it on! CT