Back to autumn in Korea, the folk village in Suwon is a great place to give your camera a workout. The colors of the different styles of houses harmonize well with the leaves as a backdrop.

Now, if only somthing could be done about the other ten months of the year.

Corpy Carly, the symphony of spring blossoms starting with golden yellow forsythias and big white or purple magnolias crescendoing to delicate white and pink cherry blossoms and ending with a grand finale of bold red and fuschia azaleas is every bit as beautiful as the warm hues of autumn.

South Korea and central Japan are blessed with the right climate conditions and plant species to show off brilliant colors in both the spring and the fall. In the US, New England puts on a most spectacular autumn show but its climate is too cold to host the purplish redbuds and delicate pink and white dogwoods whose longlasting blooms serenade people in the lower Appalachian states.