Awww Autumn!

We had our first snow of the year this past Tuesday. That kind of slow, silent snow, where everything is hushed and the snow falls gently, straight down and molds itsself into images. The ground was covered, the leaves were covered and no one could quite believe it. You see, it had been so warm, no frost yet and the leaves had changed quite gradually. With no frost the trees are still full of leaves, all quite brilliant, due to their slow changing. Then the snow!

And now the snow is gone. And we are left with the usual Autumn weather. The dark, hovering clouds and that bite in the air that says apples and pumpkin pie. (And to me that it's time to get shooting, but we won't go there:) The leaves are still quite unbelievably brilliant. They survived the snow surprisingly well. And I still hear people who are waiting for Indian Summer.

So, that's Autumn. It changes in an instant. You don't know what to expect. That tang is in the air. The feeling of nostalgia as you watch summer slide away on a trail of colorful leaves, or snow, or usually both.