Autumn in my neck of the woods.

I love fall, the cool crisp air, the bright blue sky, and the smell of the falling leaves in the woods.

I know people that get depressed in the fall knowing that winter is just around the corner. Not me, I love the fall, to me it is nature at it's best. Just walk through the farmers market, the wondrous display of crisp apples, colorful squash, sweet cider, pumpkins, and flowers, the smells and sights are great. It's sings of Mother Nature at her best. Stop your car at the next park you see, walk into the woods, look down at the beautiful carpet of leaves beneath you feet and listen to them as they fall, I bet you never knew that you could hear the leaves fall in the woods. Look up into the trees you may be lucky enough to see a woodpecker hiding one of it's nuts in the bark of a tree, or a chickadee flitting thru the trees, or a squirrel enjoying the bountiful harvest of juicy acorns. To me fall is natures way of saying, "I worked hard this summer, now I lay my bounty at your feet, and so you allow me to rest and renew over the winter so that I may provide for you again beginning with the first sunny yellow daffodil, through the last sunny head of the fall sunflowers". As I write this I can look out my window into my own yard and see the beauty of fall and it makes me look forward to the earths winter renewal sothat next year I can again marvel at the beauty outside my window. I hope you enjoy these pictures I took this fall of the beauty of Autumn in my little corner of the world.
Susie