Jim Holsenback wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> Yikes ..... summer just didn't seem long enough. Last evening temp got down 
> to 3.8C and the Canada geese are on the move. We've had a REALLY damp summer 
> so maybe the fall colors will give us some extra eye candy.

You get extra fall colors from lots of sugar (glucose, really) in the 
leaves just as they die for the winter.  You get lots of glucose in the 
leaves from lots of sunlight.

If it's not sunny when the leaves start their annual change, they won't 
be too colorful.

Regards,
John

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