Oct

Autumn and the Changing of the Colors

Denny on October 13th, 2007

In lieu of sounding like a broken record, I absolutely love this time of year. Leaves are changing colors, the air has a little bite to it, nights are clear enough to see all the heavens portrayed on a jet black background. I would be extremely happy if it stayed like this year around.

This is the Maple tree in my front yard. It is only a few years old. I’m grooming it to be a shade tree. In another couple of years I would like to build a deck around its base. Right at the moment it’s leaves are every shade from green through bright orange. By the time I get home again, all of it’s leaves may be on the ground. Hope not though…

I think for the next couple weekends at home I’m going to be doing some color progression posts.
The leaves will most likely change a lot faster than that, so some of the photos will come from Logan and Boone counties. Hopefully one of the photos from Logan will have a white deer in it.

I’ve been getting things ready to go back on the road. It seems like I spend 11 days on the road and the 3 days home I spend getting ready to go on the road. It’s a familiar cycle.

I was almost finished with the post when I went out to watch the sun set through the trees. I believe the bright orange tree is also a maple but can’t tell for sure from here. But anyway this picture doesn’t do it justice. With the sun hitting it at a right angle this tree seemed to be on fire. Couldn’t help but catch my attention.