Where I come from, there are only two seasons in a year, sunny season and rainy season so I grew up wishing someday I would be able to see the fall color in the U.S, but it was just a dream, a beautiful dream in deed for a young boy whose family was so poor that he sometimes has to go to bed hungry. But my dream still lives on.

Then by a stroke of bad luck (or good luck?). Saigon collapsed to the communists. I spent more than 10 years of my life trying to survive in the streets of Saigon, a hellish place where humanity no longer exists. Everyone would do anything to have something to eat. But my dream still lives on.

Ten years in hell was over when I successfully escaped VN in a small leaky boat and ended up in a refugee camp in the Philippines. I knew then I had a chance to see the fall color in the U.S. And I did, as the U.S Rep told me my resettlement application was approved.

But my first fall experience in the U.S was so depressing. I missed my family and all folks that I know so much. I left behind everything I had and came to the U.S by myself so It was a lonely and depressing fall. I was disappointed but at that time I did not realize that it was me, not the fall color, that depressed me.

So then I get used to the life here. My dreams comes back alive again every time the fall comes around the corner. I always get excited and can't wait to see the fall color again. I feel like a kid waiting and looking out from the window for his mother coming home from the morning market so he can get something to eat.

So the fall always means a lot to me because it brings back so much sweet memory of my miserable childhood.

I enjoy the fall and hope you guys do too!

G.B Mariken went naked two weeks ago.

But just 20ft away other G.B still stay green and they just turned creamy yellow this week.

The reddest and brightest A.P Osakazuki.

P.P 'Montgomery' and P.L 'Schmidtii'

And color explosion on the side bed by the driveway.

The right bed, Miniature corner.

Left side of the house.

And the front bed.

The left corner bed

Please enjoy! and share your fall color pix too.

J.N