stick season
Trees without leaves
Stick season is the brief period in late autumn, after the colorful leaves have fallen but before snow covers the ground, when the landscape appears gray and barren with only bare branches visible.
The term originated in New England and has spread through popular culture, notably via Noah Kahan's 2022 album of that name.
I always get a little melancholy during stick season.
It captures a mood of transition and stark beauty that precedes winter's arrival.
Having no foliage
- bareLacking any covering
- branchesLimbs of trees
- twigsThin woody shoots
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
silhouette · gnarled · stark · stripped · spindly · exposed · dormant · naked
Eleventh month
- frostThin ice coating
- chillCold sensation or relaxation
- harvestGathering mature crops
- woodsmokeCombustion vapor from timber
sweaters · scarves · Thanksgiving · migration · dormancy · overcast · drizzle · dusk
leafless
Having no foliage
skeleton · silhouette · gnarled · stark · stripped · spindly · exposed · dormant · naked · angular
November
Eleventh month
woodsmoke · sweaters · scarves · Thanksgiving · migration · dormancy · overcast · drizzle · dusk · hearth
Vermont
Northeastern state, small population
- mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- sugarloafConical block of refined sweetener
Appalachian · woodstove · cider · flannel · granite · Yankee · nor'easter · colonial · rustic · quaint
interlude
Pause between sections
- preludeIntroductory piece or event
- liminalAt a threshold
- in-betweenOccupying middle position
changeover · flux · shift · passage · threshold · waiting · pause · quiet · stillness · anticipation
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Seasonal leaf coloration
autumn color · foliage season · high season · Indian summer · cherry blossom season
stick seasongrowing season
Time crops can mature
high summer · full bloom · spring bloom · midsummer · green-up
stick seasonsnow season
Months when precipitation freezes
midwinter · ski season · white Christmas · winter wonderland
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