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Fall, before it’s been Vivianized:

Fall, after Vivian has made sense of it:

Not just in my backyard. I take my Capricornian love of order out into the wilds of Long Island, too:

I did this (below) in Virginia:

This week should be the height of Fall color here in the American Northeast, and I should be hunting for my sample of Fall Leaf Perfection:

Because this is the time of year when I paint my annual awesome Fall Leaf Landscape:

(P.S. The real leaf is always on the right.)

Group portraits:

 

 

 

But this year, due to a very dry Summer, the colors of Fall are late blooming. Compare this view (below) of 2015 . . .

. . . to the same scene exactly one year later in 2016:

Compare this photo from 2015 . . .

. . . to what it looks like exactly one year later :

So, although I have not found my Perfect Fall Leaf of 2016 yet, I did cross off Item #1 from my Winter Prep list:

Stock Up on Champagne-O-Meters.

So, ’tis the season when your favorite stores start asking for a point-of-purchase donations to their preferred charities (food banks, hospitals, the like).

Being harassed by a cashier at your favorite store for a charity donation: Do you love it or hate it? And can we start a Move On petition to put an end to it forever?