I live in one of the most beautiful areas of the country - northern Vermont - and autumn is amazing. The leaves have the most astounding colors - crimson, orange, flame, coral. Everywhere you go there is enough color to make your eyes bleed, and we all talk about when "peak" is - the day when the color is at its height. Once that's past and the color starts fading and leaves start falling to the ground people tend to think it's all over and nothing but winter ahead. But that's when one of my...