tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post8548888946672365421..comments2024-03-27T21:43:44.745-07:00Comments on Flint Expatriates: Autumn LeavesFlint Expatriateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352270564340149006noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-27769385190975407102008-11-12T06:24:00.000-08:002008-11-12T06:24:00.000-08:00Didn't I read somewhere once long ago that Flint h...Didn't I read somewhere once long ago that Flint has an extraordinary number of trees?<BR/><BR/>ha ha, Mary, good one. I remember intending to send you some autumn leaves from Michigan but they never dried as pretty as they were when I plucked them.Gillian Swarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075628273664457571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-83900425673175142522008-11-08T15:04:00.000-08:002008-11-08T15:04:00.000-08:00after leaving Flint when I was 16, and returning t...after leaving Flint when I was 16, and returning to Flint, after living in Leelanau County, I was very aware of the changes in seasons, and missed Sleeping Bear's expanses of fiery foliage in the Autumn. I'd get some pleasure looking out over the town from the top of the Genn. Towers. I didn't realize before I left how much greenery there was in Flint. where I live now, along the "Tunnel of Trees", on M-119 near Big Mack, with Lake Michigan running parallel to it, you can't help but be greatly appreciative of the Creator's gift to us.bustduphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541387380255690006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-14929699573724864752008-11-08T14:56:00.000-08:002008-11-08T14:56:00.000-08:00We still get that smell in Flint when the arsonist...We still get that smell in Flint when the arsonists hit the vacant houses. :) <BR/><BR/>My favorite season is fall. That's what I missed the most when I lived in San Francisco.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875495143678170111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-90819366488312541222008-11-08T11:10:00.000-08:002008-11-08T11:10:00.000-08:00Autumn in Civic Park takes me back to the mid 50's...Autumn in Civic Park takes me back to the mid 50's, before burning bans. Everyone raked their leaves out to the curb and set them on fire. Ah, what a great smell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com