There are now huge piles fallen leaves every day beside the roads. They still have color in them.

This is our first fall in east coast. And I am probably going uncharectaristically gaga over it.

The other day, it was raining, when we we drove past New Paltz, beyond the handwritten scrawl that announced in big bold letters 'Weapons of Mass Destruction Survival Guide sold here'; past the farms and up the hill where the trees form a canopy over the single lane road. The trees surrounding Lake Minnewaska were awash in color. Down by the lake, it was only us and another young woman with her kid as the fog slowly enveloped it.

I also managed to sneak out to the Pepsico corporate office in Purchase, NY. There, spread over 168 acres on a garden originally designed by Russel Page, are 45 outdooor sculptures of some of the best known twentieth century sculptors including Louise Nevelson, Alexander Calder, Auguste Rodin, Henri Laurens, Henry Moore, Alberto etc. (If you ever come to this side, it worth checking out. It is free, accessible between 9 AM to 5 PM. and is one of the little known treasures of upstate New York).

It got almost pitch dark by 5 PM last evening. Depressing.