The calendar may say September, but in North Atlanta that does not necessarily mean red leaves, sweaters and cold mornings. Autumn arrives more quietly here.
This year, the autumnal equinox occurs Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 8:05 p.m. in metro Atlanta. Sunset comes at about 7:34 p.m. that evening. The equinox marks the astronomical beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, though the region’s strongest fall color typically waits until late October or early November.
That makes the weeks around the equinox less about leaf-peeping and more about noticing the transition itself: shorter evenings, lower sunlight, harvest markets, changing gardens and the first comfortable walks after a Georgia summer…