Blazing Colors around the Fishing Pond

One of my favorite pictures, this one speaks for itself. The bridge, the sky, the autumn leaves, all shout with their blazing colors. (Compare this to the July, 2009, shot of the same scene.)

The air was crisp, the squirrels and squirrel-cousins were busy with the nut harvest, and the spiders' webs seemed to be across every path!

Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. ~Carol Bishop Hipps

Top of the Hill in Fall

Taken at the entrance to the "cemetary," the three trees in the background stand guarding the peaceful surroundings of the few who are buired here. "Peace" is the operative word here.
This picture was from one of many I had taken in October, but never had time to post. I'm surprised I even made it to Ballard's to walk, my time from August to January is always so busy that sometimes I have to tell myself to breath. This year more than ever.