Signs of autumn
One very nice thing about this part of the country is that we have such an extended autumn. In these parts, fall doesn't usually "fall" until well along into November. Here it seems to take much longer for the trees to (regretfully?) give up that beautiful autumn garb in which they are arrayed in such magnificence for so many glorious days. A touch of bittersweet melancholy pervades the air as the last pastel leaves float down.