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Post by billhammond on Sept 26, 2024 20:15:10 GMT -5
From the summit deck at Lutsen Mountains Ski Resort  |
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Post by billhammond on Sept 26, 2024 20:42:16 GMT -5
Peak up there is expected next week.
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Post by Cornflake on Sept 26, 2024 20:52:32 GMT -5
Lovely.
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Post by dradtke on Sept 27, 2024 9:03:49 GMT -5
We were at a friend's cabin up that way on Idiotjam weekend and the maples were just beginning to turn.
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Post by PaulKay on Sept 27, 2024 9:14:52 GMT -5
The best part of living in midwest; fall tree colors.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Sept 27, 2024 9:37:34 GMT -5
The best part of living in midwest; fall tree colors. There's also the no hurricanes thing. |
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Post by epaul on Sept 27, 2024 9:39:30 GMT -5
Still pretty green up here. Give it another couple weeks, then bring your camera.  |
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Post by drlj on Sept 27, 2024 9:46:33 GMT -5
Damn, epaul. Those are really short trees.
Colors are kind of muted here probably due to the drought. Leaves are dropping from some trees already. The rain over the last few days is probably too late to help. We will head up into MI soon and see how things are there.
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Post by epaul on Sept 27, 2024 9:57:34 GMT -5
Reported violation in the Soundhole's fairness and truth in posting: Beet fields don't turn color in the fall. They aren't allowed to. Prior to the fall harvest, the sugar beet leaves are chopped off while still green by a mechanical defoliator to facilitate the harvesting. No one is sure what their fall color is as they never allowed to reach it. Some old-timers say a beet field turned looks like a rainbow of frolicking My Little Ponies ...  Alas, this happens before the beauty of beets can blossom...  |
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Post by dradtke on Sept 27, 2024 10:06:42 GMT -5
The state tree of North Dakota - the telephone pole - also doesn't change color in the fall.
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Post by drlj on Sept 27, 2024 11:04:27 GMT -5
I hate beets. Beets taste like dirt to me.
Barb loves them, so I guess it evens out.
I did once eat golden beets and they were less awful than red beets. I have not figured out why.
I am amazed that people grow beets on purpose.
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Post by coachdoc on Sept 27, 2024 11:44:51 GMT -5
The best part of living in midwest; fall tree colors. Same to be said for New England. |
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Post by david on Sept 27, 2024 11:50:15 GMT -5
Though Bill's picture is beautiful, it also reminds me of broccoli that has gone bad.
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Post by Marshall on Sept 27, 2024 13:06:06 GMT -5
Is that the north shore of the Arctic Ocean?
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Post by Cornflake on Sept 27, 2024 13:21:37 GMT -5
Some people will tell you that beets are edible. Don't believe them.
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Post by Village Idiot on Sept 28, 2024 11:42:57 GMT -5
Those are sugar beets, not eating beets. Just like most of the corn in Iowa is sent to corn sugar manufacturing plants.
It’s a very dull leaf year here. I heard yesterday that this is the dryest September on record in Iowa.
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