<p>D was hoping for today . . .</p>
<p>We could start a pool. I'll say next Wednesday, 10/3.</p>
<p>I go for Tuesday 10/2</p>
<p>When will the leaves change? My DD will be there Oct 26th and she's never seen that.</p>
<p>The leaves have already started to change - I can see some orange from my window. This is funny because it's still so warm out!</p>
<p>(I don't really care about when Mountain Day happens - I just want it to cool off a little so that I can wear my long-sleeve shirts!)</p>
<p>Leaves are changing and dropping especially early this year because of the drought. The weather report for Monday and Tuesday of next week looks pretty nice -- much better than the summer temps and dewpoints we've had this week.</p>
<p>So will it be over by October 26th??? Aw, man.</p>
<p>SR, I doubt it will be over, it just won't be "peak." I love it when there's a mixture of red & gold & green & brown...I was just showing some photos on my computer this morning.</p>
<p>Apparently ( I just heard), Smith was up for accreditation this past week so they needed to have students on campus looking studious. Hence no Mountain Day. Yet.</p>
<p>Peak foliage in Massachusetts is usually around Columbus Day (the original Columbus Day -- on October 12), but each species of tree has its own turning point, so there will be a succession of different patterns through the end of October. The sugar maples will be brilliant orange and scarlet during the first half of October. The auburn/mahogany of the oaks will predominate towards November (along with the yellows of.other maples and birch).</p>
<p>You heard right, Pesto. It wouldn't have looked too good on our part if they were here to see if we're still a legitimate school and no one was in class. ;) They left yesterday, though, so we shall see.</p>
<p>Hey, that's how we got public education. Horace Mann went to Prussia in 1843 for three weeks to see the schools - they were CLOSED the entire time he was there. Then he returned to Massachusetts and spent much of the rest of his life campaigning for a system of education he'd never even seen.</p>
<p>And we've all paid the consequences. ;)</p>
<p>Today's Mountain Day. :) I have three classes today, so I don't mind.</p>
<p>Happy Mountain Day! Hope the weather is great, and make the most of it!</p>
<p>Thanks for the heads up. I e-mailed D, saying "have fun," who snarked back, "One two-hour review session already, with another later. LOTS of fun." I gather there is some flu-like thing going around and that it's already punched her number and that sleep is being prized as a result.</p>
<p>Some classes have mid-terms this week.</p>
<p>today's weather was not mountain day weather, unfortunately, and more like stay-in-bed-with-the-shades-drawn-regardless-of-whether-or-not-class-is-canceled-or-not weather. Oh well, there's always next year.</p>
<p>And there were quite a few review sessions going on today, seeing as it's the week before fall break.</p>
<p>Yes, often I find the last minute mountain day is an ill timed mountain day. The earlier the better.</p>