In Switzerland during November often there is a banket of fog covering the country. Going higher up it is easy to break through fog. But the majority of the population lives through a series of grey and dark days.
In the forest the leaves have mostly fallen. Winter is not far. Often the first snow falls during in the second part of November.
That is also when the first Christmas decorations are getting put up. It is a nice and cozy reminder of the coming Christmas festivities.