I Miss The Colored Leaves

Fall is my favorite season for many reasons. I LOVE Halloween, it is indeed my favorite holiday. I love the changing of the leaves(even though it doesn't really happen here in montgomery), and Thanksgiving. And the weather is perfect. The weather is never too hot or too cold. You get just the right amount of breeze and sunshine. I miss when I lived in Virginia and South Carolina how the leaves actually changed color. It made Fall more enjoyable. You would walk outside of your house and it was like you were stepping into a living piece of art. And you couldn't escape it because it was all around you. Not that you would want to escape it unless you are depressing and don't like colors. I miss how pretty the Fall decorations looked. We would always get haybells and put them in the front yard, along with a scarecrow in the middle, with some pumpkins of various sizes to accompany him. And when it was time to trick-or-treat, it really felt like Halloween and that was what you were supposed to be out doing. Living in Alabama has been weird for me when it comes to Fall. I'm lucky if I find one red leaf within the whole season. And if I ever do stumble upon a red/orange leaf, I keep it because I'm weird like that. Going trick-or-treating in the past living here has been weird too. The trees would still be green and the skies blue as can be, and the weather was more warm than I'm used to during Fall. Whenever I would go trick-or-treating, I would feel confused or out of place. It just felt weird looking around. It was like going trick-or-treating in the summer. With the summers feeling like they are just getting hotter, each Fall seems less colorful. Is it really that hard to ask for some colorful trees? Not just a few, but EVERY tree! When I am older and graduate college, I plan on moving to North Carolina near the mountains. The Fall season up there should be beautiful! =P