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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2007-10-03, Page 29The Huron Expositor • October 3, 2007 Pogo 29 News Mother Nature's palette on display for upcoming fall colours hike Fall is a time of beauty - a time we look around and know that Mother Nature is wanting to please us. Even while driving on a busy highway in traffic at the beginning of a long day, we can't help but notice the vivid colours of the foliage alongside the road ahead. It is indeed a spirit lifter, a stress reliever of sorts. For some time now researchers have known that colours have an impact on our moods. Green is deeply relaxing. Yellow is the happiest colour of the spectrum. Orange is an exhibitionist, the hottest colour in the spectrum. Red is active more than passive, stimu- lating rather than relaxing. Burgundy is a rich and sophisticat- ed colour. Perhaps this is one of the reasons fall can be so invigorating. The colours go from the relaxing greens to the more lively yellow, orange, red and burgundy. Colour can defi- nitely nurture your soul as food nourishes your body. Colour changes in foliage signal the end of the growing season. This occurs when the chlorophyll (the pigment that makes the leaf green) is exhausted - started by the change in temperature and decreasing amount of daylight - which allows other pigments to come out. Eventually the leaves dry up and fall off the tree, hence "fall," creat- ing a wonderful opportunity to jump in a pile of raked leaves! Please join us for our Fall Colours Walk, set for Sunday, Oct. 14 at 1 p.m. We will be meeting at the office locat- ed at 41378 Hydro Line Road. Feel free to bring binoculars, a camera, com- fortable shoes, the kids and the dog. The event will be fun and appropriate for all ages. Here are some of the colour changes you can expect to see at H u 1 1 e t t Box Furniture & Floor Coverings 20 Main St. Seatorth (519) 527-0680 www.b9xfurniture.ca Provincial Wildlife Area... Sugar Maple Bright Orange -red to Yellow White Ash - Maroon to a dark red- dish -green Quaking Aspen - Yellow (sometimes deep yellow) American Beech - Light yellow Silver Maple - Pale yellow Birch - Bright yellow Red Oak - Dull brown Sumac - Orange becoming bright red Pin Cherry - Reddish becoming bright yellow By Scot Russell, Outreach Coordinator, Friends of Hullett A New Special Everyday. Wednesdav 10 Pc Bucket 10 Pieces of aur delicious chicken $10 Neralig 2 Pc Fish a Chips 2 elms«/Isong' witI tries and 111/tar NIKO + Tax Tuesday 2 Pc. Snack Includes 2 nieces of chicken K $2 49 UMW 4 Fingers a Fries Includes 4 tents' ill take meet Asleea said