Autumn in Wine Country

In our Northern California life, autumn arrives in November with grapevine leaves changing colors. Never mind the 60 and 70 degree temperatures during the day, it’s starting to get chilly at night and the leaves are responding.

This colorful spread only lasts for a few weeks before the rain washes the leaves down or the automated vine cutting machines move in and trim the branches (I know, how unromantic).

I try to savor every moment as I drive about town this month.

I think that spread of yellow, orange and red is rather spectacular. It may not compare to the New England autumns that David and I grew up with or the transformation of Aspen groves in Colorado that we grew to love, but it feels like our version of fall, in this temperate California climate without real seasons, and we’ll take it!