These are the fall colors in central Illinois. Mostly cropland. There are some stands of trees, but they have yet to begin to change here.

Jim

Actually my fall colors are not near as spectacular as the ones in the east, most trees are conifer and Madrone, both stay green, there are not so many varied hardwoods, it's primarily oaks of several varieties.
Our native and pasture grass, brown for all the hot summer-month, is green in winter. No one has water to groom a lawn, we mow everything in spring, early summer and let it die.

That is the difference between back east, green in the summer, and CA, brown in the summer. It took me a while to get used to that.
Between my house and Stanford U, there are a lot of undeveloped land owned by Stanford. They have found a very low tec way to control fire hazards , There are herds of cows living on the property. They sure keep the grasses clipped.

There is a hint of change in the air, nothing really visibly yet. Looking at Lilo's picture reminded me of a fall description.

A tangerine and russet cascade of kaleidoscopic leaves, creates a tapestry of autumn magic upon the emerald carpet of fading summer.
Judith A. Lindberg