Fall Color Washed Out

I now know what color burnt umber is. Not quite brown, definitely not red, and with a hint of orange. And that's the color of Fall here in CT this year. No brilliant yellows, reds and oranges. Even the sugar maples lack their usual color. It's still quite beautiful. Just not the incredible palette we're used to each year. Instead the hills have a soft washed color to them; a comfortably faded look like your favorite pair of jeans.

The meteorologists say the reason for the lack of color is the warm, wet weather we've had. Instead of warm days in the 60's and cool nights in the 30's we've had an October that was rainy in the upper 50's, and rainy in the upper 50's, and rainy in the upper 50's..... the wettest October on record. It rained nine straight days at one point. All those hurricanes and tropical storms pass by this way on their way to hurricane heaven, whether they come through the Gulf or run up the Atlantic coast. Either way, we get the remnants. We got a month's worth of rain in a week. Caused enough flooding that at one point I-91 (the major north-south interstate) was under the Connecticut River at a point between Hartford and Springfield.