| September 09, 2009 |
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| Change in the air ... |
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| September marks the beginning of fall, with the Autumnal Equinox on the 22nd. What have you observed about the changing season? |
| Posted by Mark Breen @5:19 PM |
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| spectacular pink and red sunsets! 10/20/09
11:54 AM |
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| - Scott Clarkson from Weston said... |
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| A deflated swimming pool in a side yard in Andover 10/16/09
2:52 AM |
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| - Erin Haney from Charlotte said... |
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cackling birds in the tall, scraggly oaks.
as my hands grip the cold steel of the milk cart; its clanging does not dampen the birds' calls to each other.
suddenly, there is silence. silence like an early morning cloud passing overhead with frozen rain pellets.
the birds are spooked by this silence, I am myself. We stopped moving.
And then as if the world said Good Morning, All. The birds flew off and I carried on my way. 10/15/09
2:32 PM |
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| - Marghie from Littleton said... |
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| The nest - huge now! - of bald-faced hornets in the bush near my front walkway is quiet even on sunny days. Sometimes I see a solitary worker crawling over the outside layers, but none of the constant industriousness of the summer. We made it through the whole year without a single sting. 10/15/09
10:37 AM |
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| - Ellen from Littleton said... |
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| A yard full of robins stocking up for their journey south.... I guess they knew the snow would arrive today!! 10/13/09
12:50 PM |
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| - Richard from East Saint Johnsbury said... |
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| Well, 4:50 this morning, heavy snow falling in East Saint Johnsbury. 10/13/09
8:45 AM |
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| - Jennifer Bishop from Fletcher said... |
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My daughter and I just started a new tradition, we check in to see what folks have added and sit on the couch notice what is different outside from the day before and read these wonderful posts back and forth to each other! What a pleasant Sunday morning I had, thank you all for being part of it!
10/12/09
9:53 AM |
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| - anonymous from Jeffersonville said... |
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| No more Iced Coffee out at City Market. 10/11/09
9:29 PM |
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| - Ayla from Fletcher said... |
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| Apples are bright red in our old orchard that we promise to take care of every year at this time. 10/11/09
10:42 AM |
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| - Hazel age 6 from Burlington said... |
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| Jumping in piles of leaves! 10/10/09
11:49 AM |
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| - Nancy Carey from Benson said... |
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| A big flock of wild turkeys in the meadow in front of my house. 10/8/09
11:53 PM |
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| - RebeccA from FERRISBURGH said... |
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| sign of fall is the chicken pie supper sign at the church under the blazing red and orange maple tree 10/8/09
11:10 PM |
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| - Anjanette Sidaway from Ripton said... |
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| Dancing Leaves. 10/8/09
2:06 AM |
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| - Erin Haney from Charlotte said... |
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fall starts with a hankerchief
to wipe the wet weather from my face as I head toward the paddock.
Dawn, the brown jersey I milk for free rent and cheese has a cold, nose. The milk lets off steam.
I look up after watering the alpaca and calf to see my first flying V-a flock of geese, heading south.
this is my fall this year.
10/6/09
3:45 AM |
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| - anonymous said... |
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| Wild Blackberry picking time tells me Autumn is FINALLY here and I love every moment of it! (I love every moment of winter as well, but yes, I have the great priviledge of residing in the most beautiful state in the nation!) 10/5/09
11:43 AM |
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| - Dan from Westminster said... |
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| The basketball on the driveway feels overripe. It's definitely rebounding less than the regulation 1.2 meters when dropped from a height of 1.8 meters. 10/5/09
9:50 AM |
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| - A voice of reason from windsor vt said... |
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| I can tell that it is fall because of the VPR "Signs of fall" report itself. I don't actually need too hear what it says just the fact that it has started again clues me in that the season has finally changegd! 10/4/09
11:00 PM |
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| - bigmama from Montpelier said... |
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| still dark for early risers--husband off bow hunting, two boys ready to embrace the day. Mom eagerly awaits the black tea brewing--watching the sky for sun up 10/4/09
1:29 AM |
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| - anonymous from Orwell said... |
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| "riding the north winds south..." eerr onk 10/1/09
4:39 PM |
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| - Lisa from Hinesburg said... |
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| Marina the Chicken is putting on her winter feathers. 10/1/09
12:06 PM |
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| - Judith from Lincoln, VT said... |
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| Opening day of Formal Season for the Green Mountain Hounds begins on Sunday! 10/1/09
10:54 AM |
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| - Aurora from Sutton said... |
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| The honey bees are working all day on our one sunflower, at night they are still there "frozen" until the morning light wakes them up for another day of work! 9/30/09
8:09 PM |
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| - anonymous from Littleton said... |
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| Snow in the forecast!! 9/30/09
7:32 PM |
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| - george from Wlliston said... |
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| So far, extremely unfriendly weather. Our "summer" this year lasted 2 weeks through the first part of September! Looking forward to a mild Winter...(am I too naive?) 9/30/09
6:11 PM |
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| - Cynthia Whitney from Grantham said... |
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| The last hummingbird of the season (a female) visited my feeder on 20 September, the exact same day as the past two years. I look forward to their return next spring when the first male will arrive within a day or two of 20 April. 9/30/09
10:22 AM |
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| - Rob from Hinesburg said... |
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| The sled dogs (October Siberians) are training on the roads of Hinesburg. 9/29/09
11:46 PM |
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| - anonymous from Brandon said... |
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| The smell of the summer collection of dust fuzzies roasting on the baseboard pipes the first few times the heat comes on. 9/29/09
11:35 AM |
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| High school students standing at the bus stop attempting to not look cold in tee shits and shorts when the morning temps hit the 40's 9/29/09
11:16 AM |
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| - Elizabeth from Starksboro said... |
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| Fall marks the beginning of dog mushing training! Hooking up the dogs in cool mornings in the fall is the best time of year! The dogs are always excited to leave behind the lazy dog days of summer! 9/29/09
10:39 AM |
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| - Jim MacKellar from Town of Newport said... |
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| Lots of butternuts are falling from the tree by our barn by Lake Memphremagog. Squirrels have been busy squirreling them away. 9/28/09
6:29 PM |
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| - anonymous from Rupert, VT said... |
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| Last Thursday- Saturday PM it didn't matter if it was day or night, whenever I was outside there were honking geese in flight. 9/28/09
5:23 PM |
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| the dogs are dressed in orange blaze for safety and huge brown spiders start appearing indoors. 9/25/09
5:44 PM |
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| saw a smashed pumpkin on the road in morrisville last week: must be fall! 9/25/09
11:09 AM |
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| - anonymous from any lake said... |
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| Trout are rising... 9/24/09
4:21 PM |
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| - David from Bomoseen said... |
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I know it's fall when the extra closths hanging in the utility room go from paint and
grass stained shorts to long arm and legged camo. Blaze orange hat on the mud room rack too. 9/24/09
4:18 PM |
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| - anonymous from waterbury said... |
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| getting beaned by the falling acorns! Fantastic! 9/24/09
3:17 PM |
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| - Lauren Collins from Ryegate, VT said... |
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| The crunch, crunch, crunch walking on fallen leaves on my favorite dirt road walk... 9/23/09
4:26 PM |
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| - Pam Blair from Ferrisburg said... |
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I know that it is Fall when the Monkshood flower in my garden starts to bud up.
9/23/09
2:17 PM |
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| - Jane R. Marshall from Johnson said... |
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| In Johnson the geese fly West and East in the Spring. I imagine they are flying along the Lamoille River going towards Lake Champlain which they will follow tothe Hudson River and hence to the coast. 9/23/09
10:14 AM |
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| - Harriet Robertson from Underhill Center said... |
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| I know it's fall when I switch from the light, fruity Pinot Noir to a robust and spicy Cabernet Sauvignan. 9/22/09
4:55 PM |
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| - Jessica from Sudbury said... |
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| My husband took the screens off the windows yesterday and there were no bugs flying in! 9/22/09
4:54 PM |
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| - Tracy Sherbrook from Kirby, Vermont said... |
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| THAT FALL SMELL! All the lush fecundity of summer starting to decay...sounds weird, but I just want to bottle it up and save it for a cold winter's night. I can't breathe in it deeply enough to suit me. 9/22/09
4:04 PM |
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| - Jess from Waterford said... |
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| I had a relative from out of town ask when peak foliage would be this year; she is trying to plan a visit. Does anyone have a good idea.. I can guess, but there must be some science behind it..... :) 9/22/09
1:05 PM |
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Hi Jess, Peak foliage varies from year to year, and from place to place, so it's hard to say exactly when it will occur. However, I have found the map on this site provides a good rough estimate: http://www.foliage-vermont.com/ - posted by Chris Bouchard
9/22/09 1:05 PM |
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| - Nat from Underhill said... |
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| mice-queuing up to get inside my cabin 9/22/09
12:32 PM |
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| - Diana Lawrence from Grafton said... |
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| Gladioli at Dutton's farmstand: yay! 9/22/09
12:21 PM |
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| - Senna Apicelli-Abel from East Hardwick said... |
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| My family and I were driving home from Brattleboro and I spotted a bald eagle! It was about 50 or 60 feet in the air. We were on I-91 near exit 14 in Thetford. It was awesome! 9/21/09
5:21 PM |
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| - Kevin Moriarty from Jeffersonville said... |
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| Did anyone see a cone of light in the southern sky Saturday about 9pm? It was unlike anything I've ever seen; didn't look like an aurora or meteor or comet. 9/21/09
5:09 PM |
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Hi Kevin.
We have had a number of people report the light you speak of. Turns out it was a NASA rocket!
from CNN news:
"NASA spokesman Keith Koehler said the Black Brant XII Suborbital Sounding Rocket was launched to study the Earth's highest clouds. The light came from an artificial noctilucent cloud formed by the exhaust particles of the rocket's fourth stage about 173 miles high.
Natural noctilucent clouds, also called "polar mesospheric clouds," are
"found in the upper atmosphere as spectacular displays that are most easily seen just after sunset," according to a NASA statement published earlier in September. "The clouds are the highest clouds in Earth's atmosphere, located in the mesosphere around 50 miles altitude."
- posted by Chris Bouchard
9/21/09 5:09 PM |
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Beginning to see Orion, Gemini and Taurus in the early morning when the dogs need to
step outside.
9/21/09
12:50 PM |
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| - dan from Ludlow said... |
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| The maples at the top of Okemo are nearing peak color. The colors are amazing this year, probably due to all the rain in the spring and early summer. 9/20/09
10:44 PM |
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| - Carolyn from ST. Johnsbury said... |
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| It's fall....hanging flowers pots on a village porch are drapped with blankets this morning after a cold frosty night in East St. Johnsbury 9/20/09
10:20 PM |
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| - Catie from Danby said... |
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| Put on the wool jacket to sit by the evening campfire! 9/20/09
11:21 AM |
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| - Laura from St. Johnsbury said... |
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| A dusting of snow on the peaks of the White Mountains.... 9/19/09
7:08 PM |
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| - Margot Eastman from Craftsbury said... |
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| I know fall is near when I bring in slightly damp clothes from the clothesline. 9/19/09
3:55 PM |
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| - John Price from Bradford, VT said... |
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| Favorite sign of fall: the lovely lavender of the asters now fringing our pastures, paths, and woodland edges. 9/19/09
1:33 PM |
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| - Martin from Barre said... |
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| My eight year old son has soccer practice on Mondays at 6:00pm. The practice field at Barre Town Elementary School has a wide open view west to Camel’s Hump and the Green Mountains. The light is fading; the air is heavy with yellows and the anticipation of reds. A few gray billowing clouds slide overhead -- heavy and slow. Parents are on the sidelines gripping sweaters close and a few are wrapped in blankets. The world is glorious as the sun goes down and the children in shorts laugh and screech while they chase the blue and white ball. 9/19/09
12:55 AM |
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| - Susan Fogleman (for HMANA) from Plymouth NH said... |
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| Meteorology and migration go hand in hand this time of year for those who stand for hours on certain lookouts monitoring fall hawk migration. This past week Putney Mountain tallied 1200 hawks headed south one day and Mt Philo tallied over 2800 the same day. Perhaps Eye on the Sky would like to learn more about seasonal migration events and mention suggestions on the "Recreational Forecast" segments each morning during the fall? 9/18/09
8:54 PM |
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| - martha from norwich said... |
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| My goldfinches are gone!! A small flock has been feasting greedily on thistle seed outside my kitchen window, fueling up for thelong flight south and providing much delight. They'll be back again in the spring. 9/18/09
3:20 PM |
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| - Gia from Charlotte VT said... |
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| Two flocks of geese headed south this morning! 9/17/09
9:40 PM |
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| - Lori Harriman from Thetford Center said... |
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| Picking quarts of juicy, sweet wild blackberries....however, still being swarmed by mosquitoes does NOT seem very fall-like!! 9/17/09
3:17 PM |
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| - Becky from Cornwall said... |
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| I know it's fall when the dead cluster flies start to accumulate on the floors and windowsills of the west side of my house. Ick. 9/16/09
11:31 PM |
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| - Deborah from Bristol VT said... |
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| The corn is being harvested. 9/16/09
9:54 PM |
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| - Laura Wallingford-Bacon from Williamsville said... |
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The sunsets seem to put on more of a show at this of year when the cooler weather approaches. Why is that?
9/16/09
5:59 PM |
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| - anonymous from St. Johnsbury, VT said... |
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| A sign of of fall: Weeping windows in the old houses around town. 9/16/09
3:10 PM |
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| - Tyler from Essex, VT said... |
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| You know fall is approaching because it's a little bit harder to wake up in the moring because the cool air makes sleeping so pleasant 9/16/09
12:13 PM |
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| - Jim MacKellar from Town of Newport, VT said... |
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| Bluejays are eating beechnuts on the shore of Lake Memphremagog. 9/16/09
11:59 AM |
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| - Sebas from Windsor said... |
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| We see fall approching in our home when the dog brings in fallen leaves from outside..... 9/16/09
11:56 AM |
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| - Richard Guest from Saint Johnsbury said... |
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Well, after one month or less of summer, I know winter is upon us as the house is freezing cold in the morning.
At least for a month or so we didn't need any heat. 9/15/09
6:15 PM |
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| - Jo-Ann Ecker from Hartland said... |
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The constellation Orion is appearing now in the early
morning
9/15/09
6:07 PM |
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| - Eric from North Haverhill, NH said... |
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| It's the best time of the year, but it's a pity most of the flowers have past. The hydrangea is still a pleasing sight, and here and there I see the odd poppy or perennial geranium blossom for our last bit of summer garden color. 9/15/09
11:01 AM |
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| - Nancy from Burlington said... |
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| New England Asters in bud. 9/15/09
2:16 AM |
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| - Rob from Hillsboro Upper Village,N.H. said... |
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we'vejust finished an incredible run of 12 dry days. With dry air comes radiational cooling, we've also fired up the woodstove several times since Labor Day to "take off the chill". 9/12/09
4:10 PM |
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| - Karl Decker from Townshend said... |
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| Fall comes. Last night I put a fire in the wood stove to take off the chill. Around the camp here in southern Vermont last week, plenty of trees had this branch here, that branch there, dipped in red already. Tomorrow I head up north to Shelburne for a few days and surely the promise of fall awaits me there. But fall also brings the unexpected gift of many, many warm sunshine days, and it always has. 9/12/09
10:25 AM |
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| - penny from cambridge said... |
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| sunset is deep and more brilliant now.chilly mornings great afternoons best ever! 9/10/09
10:43 PM |
