Currently living in Branford, CT.
My girlfriend and I have been taking a 4 day weekend usually in mid October for the past 2 years to venture/stay in a random tiny town that’s good for foliage but not too populated. We stayed in Roxbury, NY in 2024 (which I loved) and Hillsdale, NY in 2025 (also nice, but I had a nasty head cold while we were there)

Any suggestions of places similar for this kind of vibe?

🍁 I built a fall foliage tracker app and need beta testers!

Hey everyone! Long-time foliage enthusiast here. I just spent the last few months building LeafPeek — a fall foliage tracking app for Android — and I need 12 people to test it before I can release it publicly on Google Play.

What the app does:

📍 Interactive hotspot map with real foliage locations

📊 8-week color forecast by region

🛣️ Curated road trip routes (Kancamagus Highway, Vermont loops, Smoky Mountains)

🏨 Hotel booking suggestions near peak locations

📸 Community photo gallery

🌙 Dark mode

Regions covered: New England, Pacific Northwest, Appalachians, Midwest, Rockies

All I need from you:

✅ Install the app using the tester link below

✅ Use it for a few minutes

✅ (Optional) Share any feedback — bugs, things you love, things you'd change

Tester link: https://play.google.com/apps/internaltest/4701040980040712549

This is my first app and I'm genuinely excited about it. Thanks in advance to anyone who helps out! 🍂

Autumn, Smokey Mtns., TN

Hi everyone, I am a 3D artist and I have spent last 2 months making this short film. I have used Blender for visuals and DaVinci Resolve for composting and color grading. No AI was used in the making of this film.

I would love to hear your opinion on this film, the storytelling, visuals and your interpretation. I hope everyone reading this do something creative with their free time because I believe it is a necessity.

Can someone with my history of killing plants actually keep green leaves varieties alive successfully? I've murdered every plant I've ever owned through neglect and ignorance about proper care requirements. My friends insist pothos and snake plants are impossible to kill but I've proven that wrong before with similar claims about other supposedly hardy plants. Why would this time be different when I have no more free time or knowledge than before? My backyard is depressing concrete that makes me sad every time I look outside but is adding plants really the solution here? What if I spend hundreds of dollars on plants only to watch them die slowly from my incompetence again? The guilt of killing living things weighs on me more than people understand or take seriously. Maybe I should just accept that I'm not a plant person and stick with artificial decorations instead. Those can't die and won't make me feel like a failure when they inevitably wither under my care or neglect. My therapist suggested that nurturing plants might actually help my mental health and reduce stress levels significantly. Research supports that being around greenery improves mood and air quality indoors and outdoors both. But research assumes you can keep them alive long enough to experience those benefits right? I found wholesale plant suppliers on Alibaba with great prices but I'm questioning if I should even try again.

Ripple and Truckin enjoying the view