You almost certainly don't need to buy anything for this. What actually works out here in the fall, the four things I'd skip, and the one thing to let your kids decide.

I was standing in the middle of Winnemac Park with my phone to my ear, watching the sky. It was raining, and we were both about to call it.

The light changes here in the second week of September, and it lasts about six weeks. When to reserve, how to work backward from holiday cards, and what each fall month actually looks like on the North Shore.