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Climate change is causing peak foliage to arrive more than a week later than it did in the 1950s, but other factors that shape the timing and brilliance of the change of colors have also increased seasonal unpredictability.
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Climate change is causing peak foliage to arrive more than a week later than it did in the 1950s, but other factors that shape the timing and brilliance of the change of colors have also increased seasonal unpredictability.
The main gates are closed Tuesday night at the Litchfield Fairground on Plains Road in Litchfield. They will open Sept. 6 for the three-day fair.
A diagram of cuts of meets on a pig hangs on a wall Tuesday night at the Litchfield Fairground on Plains road in Litchfield.
A sign points to the rest rooms Tuesday at the Litchfield Fairground on Plains Road.
Litchfield Fair volunteers Tim Tracy, left, and Karen Burr discuss Tuesday night where to put a new exhibitor at the Litchfield Fairground on Plains Road in Litchfield. "I have been coming to the fair every year of my life except six years when I was working." Burr said.
Quintessential to every fair are signs like these Tuesday night at the Litchfield Fairground on Plains Road. The fair opens Sept. 6 and runs through Sept. 8.
Litchfield Fair volunteer Betsy Laney paints the arts and crafts area Tuesday night at the Litchfield Fairground on Plains Road. "This is why I retired, so I can work twice as much for free," she said with a smile.
Litchfield Fair President Charlie Smith, right, and Vice President Dick Brown talk Tuesday night while enjoying a meal with volunteers before heading out to set up for next week's fair on the grounds on Plains Road in Litchfield.
The back of a volunteer's car is full of electrical supplies Tuesday night at the Litchfield Fairground. They were used to bury power lines to eliminate some of the extension cords formerly used at the fair.
Litchfield Fair volunteer Andy WIlliams "freshens up" Tuesday night around the Information Booth at the fairground on Plains Road in Litchfield.
New this year at the Litchfield Fair is the sensory garden for children who need to get away and relax.
Litchfield Fair volunteers Melanie Page, left, talks to her former daughter-in-law Tuesday night about placement of a refrigerator at the Litchfield Fairground on Plains Road in Litchfield.
