There are two names for the season that comes after summer and before winter; autumn and fall. Autumn is an American term while fall is a British term. Either word is correct when used to describe this season.
Leaves fall off of deciduous trees during this season and the expression, "Fall of the leaf" is of English origin.
Before the leaves fall off the tree, they turn colors first. Chlorophyll makes the leaves green through photosynthesis of the sun. As the days get shorter with less sunlight and the weather gets colder, chlorophyll begins to break down which enables us to see other pigments in the leaves.
Pigments called "carotenes" make the leaves look red and orange. Pigments called "xathophylls" make them look yellow.
As pretty as this looks, I am really looking forward to seeing everything green once again.
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Would much rather see all that, than what we have right now. Our insane weather put the town at a standstill, which has not happened in many years. Those photos are beautiful. :) Here is our parking lot 4 hours ago, and been more on top of it.
Hi stranger! So good to see you again! Oh, you poor thing. I have been through that so many times, more than I would like to remember. Today we had snow, freezing rain and snow again but only 3 inches. Stay safe and warm. Hurry up spring! : )
:) Life seems to find me doing random drop-ins. I almost did the weeks post for the @bananafish poetry and ended up not completing it on time. Seems mother nature is causing chaos all over. I can't wait for spring either. Hope you stay safe and warm also, and hope you are feeling well. Hugs to you. ♥ ♥
I hear ya! I haven't been feeling well since last October but I think I am beginning to get over the hump. Good news from my daughter helped. She is pregnant again with daughter number 2! Yay! Let me know when you post something. I miss you! Hugs right back at ya!
Oh how exciting. I hope the weather warms up soon for you so you can start to feel better. This cold season is just nuts. Not sure when my postings will start back up. I miss Chozzy, and kinda left them all out in the wind. Time to maybe redo my story I started with in my early steem days. But for now, I will be dropping my lovely comments and tiny upvotes. I miss all of you guys. ♥♥♥♥
Thanks! I have a lot of medical problems and this cold weather plays havoc on me. I miss Chozzy too and we all miss you too! Hope to see ya soon. : )
I just dropped the daily freewrite :) My mind was going nuts. Been too long I guess, lol.
Yay! I will go read it now. Thanks for letting me know. : )
Howdy whatisnew! Hey that could be a Texas landscape scene. I forgot what I was going to say about this post because Jack distracted me, he wants to go outside so he thinks that's the priority for the moment...he's sitting there staring at me. lol.
Anyway how is your day going?
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here's Jack:
Aw, Jack is a handsome beauty. Thanks for sending me his picture. Give Jack a kiss for me. : )
It was a long day. How was your day?
Well my days are always long but usually enjoyable. At the moment I'm just playing around on steemit. But I don't have much time before I have to show something for it. Mrs. J has a big axe and the other day I saw her sharpening it. She wants me to make real money so my time may be limited unless the price of steem starts going up. I guess I said all that to say yes, my day has been good! lol.
Yours was good but just tiring? Do you work a regular job outside of home I assume?
That is wonderful that your days are enjoyable. Good for you. : )
OMG! Mrs. J and her axe sharpening! Hilarious!!! LOL! I would love for the price of steem to go up. I am hoping it will one day...sooner than later.
Yup, my day was good, just tiring. No, I do not work anymore.
howdy again miss whatisnew! well this is very troubling to me and our new potential friendship....you weren't out working all day and yet you didn't contact me until bedtime...thus depriving us(and more importantly me) the opportunity to converse tonight...very concerning...very shaky ground to start a friendship on. lol. I heard no excuses either, that's even more troubling!
HaHaHaHa! So that is why the ground was shaking, or was it because I was shoveling all day in intervals and I am still not done. That snow was so heavy. I was shoveling for my neighbor also. I would shovel, come in a lay on the heating pad for 1/2 hour, go shovel again...repeat. And more is on the way for Friday, Sat and Sunday. Take me away!!! I am getting too old for this. Do you forgive me? : )
Oh, so you WERE out working all day! Working your tail off too, that is one of the hardest types of work there is. Your body becomes a 4th class lever which is the most inefficient kind with the load out in front, the fulcrum in the middle and the force on the other end. No leverage. Very poor design. very painful. A young persons game. lol.
I totally forgive you! that's a great reason.
LOL! You are a trip! I sure was working my tail off. LOL!
Oh, I am relieved now. Thanks for forgiving me. : )
WOW! Wonderful scenery of Autumn! I really love the colorful leaves in the photos, especially the last one!
The information you provided is very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I always gain a lot of knowledge from your posts. Great job! ;)
Glad you enjoyed these Autumn leaves. Thanks for letting me know which one liked the best because I always wonder about that. And it makes me happy to know that you learn something from my posts. Thanks so much, my dear sis! : )
You are much welcome, my lovely sis! ;)
Haha yea they are beautiful but would like to see it green again just for the fact it will be warmer had the flu twice now argh @whatisnew
I agree with you 100%. Oh no, having the flu once is bad enough, but twice? I sure hope you are done with that. Hope you are feeling better now @simonjay!
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