The TV's a-squawking about the changes either being made or that are promised to be made, depending upon whom you vote into office in three weeks. The changes that were promised two years ago may or may not sit well with the electorate, and big changes are being proffered by those on the outside looking in. It's a pretty volatile time in the hallowed halls of the nation's city halls, county courthouses, state houses, and the white building on Pennsylvania Avenue.Meanwhile, out at the Conservation Club, change is coming, too. You wouldn't know it from the temperature, still peaking out in the mild and highly comfortable 70's. There is barely a breeze stirring the water, but the leaves tell the tale of a changing season.
Those leaves seem to be clinging to the trees like we are clinging to the notion of summer. The deluge and the pressing need for a rake just hasn't happened yet. At church yesterday, the youth director announced the cancellation of the day's planned leaf raking project - and its postponement until nature ran her course, and the leaves let go.
Yeah, I hate to let it go, too. The place just looks better with leaves on the trees. But, Mother Nature knows what she's doing, and I am sure the trees can weather the wet snow and chilling Alberta Clippers much better when stripped down to streamlined branches.So, change is occurring and there is nothing you can do about it short of moving to one of those regions where they don't know what the four seasons are all about. Like most great things, the beauty of autumn is far too fleeting; I recommend getting out and gawking while you can.
Not much time left for the luxury of floating around,catching the warm sun on the water
4 comments:
Wonderful pictures, Ben. It all happens so fast, it seems to me. I've been out gawking at the colors too. :)
Wow, fabulous "change" you've captured there !!!!!!! Here in B'more, the leaf "change" has barely started but it will. Yes, mother nature knows what she's doing !!!!! I love the change, and the politicians talk such all the time but never really do it. It's the same old crap from them. Anyone who proposes something innovative is chastised mercilessly and the some old stuff still goes on. For example, Mikulski has been a U.S. Senator for seemingly forever and she still manages to criticize Washington as controlled by HER PARTY, that makes promises to do this and that, like ending tax breaks for foreign investment by multinational corporations, but does anyone do anything about it? Noooooo... And Maryland Gov. O'Malley criticizing both the bank bailouts and allowing the bank failures in the same breath. Which should it be, gov? Oh, I'm just ranting, let's watch mother nature instead, which really knows how to change... Thanks, Ben...
Gerald...Try cutting back on the coffee!
I like the change. In the trees, that is...
I can completely approve of this change. The reflection in our third picture is absolutely gorgeous, but all of the photos are wonderful.
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