This Friday of no classes proved to be an absolutely gorgeous fall day in New England. The sun provided enough warmth for me to be able to walk around in short sleeves, but a crisp breeze cooled the temperature down and made it feel like a true October day. I wandered around the empty campus this afternoon snapping photos with my iPhone of some of the foliage that is starting to turn truly spectacular in brilliant shades of fire red, luminous yellow, and pumpkin orange. After taking these pictures I started to wonder if there was a story idea behind the changing of the leaves. We all know New Hampshire is an ideal place to go leaf peeping, but I was wondering if past students or faculty of UNH might remember a time when the foliage around campus was even more breathtaking. I know climate change has certainly made the color of leaves less potent, and I was wondering if this could be illustrated on our campus as well. Even if this little adventure doesn't produce a story idea, it was fun going around and looking at our campus from a different point of view. When you are taking pictures and looking through a camera, you notice things that don't normally capture your attention, and this afternoon I got to do just that through capturing some beautiful aspects of the natural world here in Durham.
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