first frost

october is really two months–with early october colorful and radiant in the golden sunshine, and the latter half of october fleaf-less and brisk. my local naturalist guru says that historically this switch-over occurs around the 20th of october. it looks like we will be right on par this year. fall colors are still peaking, but a hard frost last night had hastened things along. the annual Big Leaf Drop is almost always triggered by wind and rain. according to the current forecast, we can expect to hang on to the color until this weekend. get out and enjoy it while you can!

autumn sumac leaves