An annual event of this diary to post a photo of the Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) turning fiery red on the side of the ancestral home. Native to eastern and central North America where 'the fall' is ablaze with colour.

 As I have probably mentioned before I have a vivid memory of flying into JFK in autumn. Our plane was put into a holding pattern circling over New England for about twenty minutes because Air Force One was due to land. I forget which President it was but I do recall gazing down on the incandescent wooded landscape.