CONWAY — It’s about time that the foliage finally got here — better late than never, right?
Everyone is talking about how all of a sudden, the color popped earlier this week, after the trees due to all the rain this summer had stayed green and the foliage looked drab and muted. The color that has arrived seems lacking in the red sugar maples, but there’s plenty of pastel shades of orange to behold.
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