{"id":36343,"date":"2019-03-01T07:50:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T06:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/?p=36343"},"modified":"2022-12-24T08:16:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T07:16:01","slug":"verse-8-fall-harvest-festival-pumpkings-colourfull-trees-and-the-art-of-layering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/verse-8-fall-harvest-festival-pumpkings-colourfull-trees-and-the-art-of-layering\/","title":{"rendered":"VERSE 8: FALL, HARVEST FESTIVAL, PUMPKINGS, COLOURFULL TREES AND THE ART OF LAYERING"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is interesting how new the seasons are to me. I came from a city where the weather is almost always the same, but during my time in the USA<\/strong> I have been privileged to experience 3 of the 4 seasons of the year. At the beginning of fall I did not see any visible changes, although I felt it was starting to get chilly. The turning point for me was center city harvest festival.<\/p>\n

HARVEST FESTIVAL:<\/p>\n

It was October\u00b4s first Friday that I decided to begin the weekend with a new cultural activity, go to center city\u2019s Harvest festival. The evening was lovely, the sunset was stunning, and the public decoration was something I have never seen before. Somehow they designed all the decoration with Pumpkins, corns and hay, which was remarkable. Food trucks<\/strong> and food were also part of the experience, so I decided to try it out.<\/p>\n

Harvest grill was the menu\u2019s concept, drinks and seasonal food was available<\/strong>. I decided to try a harvest burger with waffle fries and hot Jim beam apple spiked pressed cider, I enjoyed my dinner while I was entertained with the afro beats music a DJ was mixing at the park<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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PUMPKINS:<\/p>\n

I have never seen that many pumpkins decorations, spices and toppings since I was born. I was told that all over the US<\/strong> pumpkins are a thing during fall season, I tried new varieties of pumpkins<\/strong> that I did not know existed, I saw how the carving practice is done and I even tried pumpkin<\/strong> drinks. After this season I can surely name many more ways of using pumpkins than what I could think of a year ago.<\/p>\n

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COLOURFULL TREES:<\/p>\n

I was not expecting that fall would be so vibrant. It have been exciting to find unusual colorful trees all around. The first fall color trees that I saw was on my trip to Washington D.C.<\/strong> it was stunning to walk through all the civic complex in this season of the year, after that trip while exploring Philly I was constantly taking pictures of leaves and trees that were aesthetically amusing to my eyes, I would not have thought of finding that much color around.<\/p>\n

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THE ART OF LAYERING:<\/p>\n

Photoshop<\/strong> and Illustrator<\/strong> layering skills did not help me this time, if you are experiencing fall for the first time layering is a skill you will need since the weather for this time of the year changes a lot, it can be sunny and then rain or it can be warm and the cold, if it is possible get yourself a raincoat, waterproof boots, sweaters and jerseys that you can easily place on top of another and take off as needed.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for sticking around all the way through this post, stay tuned, see you on verse 9!<\/p>\n

Greg<\/p>\n

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