Fall Is In The Air

 More properly, it was in the air yesterday, and today's it largely on the ground.

At one point in the afternoon, the leaves were falling so thickly that I couldn't see the street from the house. I tried to get a short video, but - of course - it was tapering off by then. (Note: if you click on the video to enlarge it, you can see the leaves falling much more clearly.)

This photo, taken just now, is after I spent over an hour moving leaves from the 260' driveway this morning. 

As you can see, the birch trees are largely bare. The cottonwoods retain their leaves, for now.

A Seasonal Observation

Up here on the mountainside above our little community, leaves are just starting to turn. And they're falling off the birch trees already. I'm sure a lot of that is because we've had cloudy, rainy weather for the last four weeks, and very little sunshine.

Either way, we're looking forward to seeing our house in winter, and watching those big, fat flakes coming down from inside. :)