Fall Time - Season Premiere Time

September 22 is the day when summer ends and the leaves begin to change colour and fall. Therefore, this is more aptly called the season of Fall. With the colder and dreary nights approaching it can be a depressing time for all. This pretty much means an end to all the outdoor activity of the summer and more time spent indoors. Fall is also a time when the television networks cash in and premiere their new seasons.

Every weeknight all off this week has shows premiering and they are expected to go through to the first week of October. So it is a new season of Prison Break, Heroes, Desperate Housewives, Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy, Dancing with the Stars and Deal or No Deal to name a few. Plus, there are new shows like Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money. Although the weather is expected to turn colder, it hasn't done so. The lack of rain this year has been the cause for the warm weather and the leaves have actually changed colour faster than they used to.

There are several explanations to why leaves changes colour and the most popular one is when the plants stop the process of photosynthesis and the lack of chlorophyll drains the green colour from the leaves. This makes the leaves yellow and they fall off as the days get colder. Currently there is a debate going on in North America about the reason for the orange and red coloured leaves on trees. Expert opinions suggest the stop in photosynthesis explains the yellow colour in leaves, however, the orange and red coloured leaves are generated due to other changes in nature.

I won't go into the details of the debate, however, the colours are absolutely beautiful. It is going to get colder and then all of them will be gone. I am enjoying the sights and the season premieres and I totally understand the logic behind the shows starting at a time when more people are at home. It makes perfect sense!