every year for along time they have said that colors here arent as much cause of dry summers, this year we have had rain all the way threw, spring up until now, grass never went brown, flowers stayed blooming, still are... so unless we have had to much rain, from all the no rain no color reports, with the rain, we should have the best colors here we have had in twenty years or so, give or take... me myself am waiting to see painted mountains in full color ...