Margaret E. Vidler
This is a tree on the campus of Goucher College near Baltimore, Md., taken on Nov. 5, 2005, just as local foliage was reaching peak color.
AP/Daily Telegram, Jed Carlson
A squirrel takes a break from packing for the winter as he rests with a nut on the front steps of a house in Superior, Wis., Nov. 1, 2005.
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Maribeth Johnson, left, and her neighbor, Amber Lariviere, both 14, have drinks and popcorn at a table set up in Johnson's yard in Keene, N.H., Nov. 1, 2005.
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A maple tree hits peak fall color near a North Country Trail suspension bridge over the Big Manistee River Oct. 14, 2005, in Mesick, Mich.
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Sean Phillips of Bellevue, Wash., rides his bike under the colorful foliage in Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park Oct. 13, 2005, in Renton, Wash.
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In this photo provided by Grandfather Mountain, Mitch and Jan Hobbs of Ponte Vedra, Fla., enjoy looking at Grandfather Mountain in the early stages of fall color in Linville, N.C., Oct. 13, 2005.
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Megan Johnson retrieves a late-blooming pumpkin flower and a gourd from a field in Watertown, Wis., during a field trip with pre-school students Oct. 13, 2005. Each autumn, the dairy offers area school groups the chance to gather pumpkins and other souvenirs from the patch behind their business.
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Natalia Gugel shows off a wreath made of fallen autumn leaves as she poses for photos shot by Bud Marrese Oct. 13, 2005, at the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle. Gugel said she learned the leaf-weaving technique in her native Ukraine.
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Red leaves of a nearby tree are reflected in windows as a person walks on the sky bridge across West Street in Peru, Ill., at the Illinois Valley Community Hospital Oct. 13, 2005.
AP/The Oneonta Daily Star
A stream flows through woods full of changed leaves in the town of Milford, N.Y., Oct. 14, 2005.
AP/Reno Gazette-Journal
Terra Snider, 10, is covered up to her neck in fall leaves by her 5th grade classmates during recess at Reno Christian Academy in Reno, Nev., Oct. 18, 2005.
AP/Las Vegas Sun
Evergreen trees stand in sharp contrast to the changing colors of broadleaf trees and shrubs in Kyle Canyon, north of Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 15, 2005.
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An empty chair lift at the Killington ski area is highlighted by the colors of fall in Killington, Vt., Oct. 17, 2005.
AP/Asheville Citizen-Times
Trees that line the Julian Price Park picnic area on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, N.C., display fall color Oct. 16, 2005.
AP/Mesabi Daily News, Mark Sauer
Joey Stimac braves chilly temperatures and light rain to give his dog, Dusty, a run under a canopy of fall colors Oct. 18, 2005, in Virginia, Minn.
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A man walks his dog along a leaf-strewn path by West River Road in Minneapolis, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005. Temperatures were in the low 70's under sunny skies.
AP/King County Journal
Roberto Bejarano De Jesus, working for Condo Commercial Grounds Maintenance, blows leaves into a pile in a parking lot in Bellevue, Wash., Oct. 15, 2005, before loading them up and hauling them away.
AP/Asheville Citizen-Times
Tekoa Symmes, 3, of Banner Elk, N.C., buries Timothy Oliver, 10, of Creston, N.C., in a pile of leaves at Bass Lake in the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, N.C., Oct. 16, 2005.
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Amy Bates and her daughter, Delaney, 5, play in the leaves at Krug Park Oct. 17, 2005, in St. Joseph, Mo.
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Tommy Drake, 2, enjoys playing with fallen leaves at Bandshell Park Oct. 17, 2005, in Ames, Iowa.