Nature changing from summer to fall (pics)

[Kirsten]

This year, the fall came early. Summer started late, was very extreme in July, but faded quickly after that. It's very autumn-like already, and rainy. It's sad.

[Kirsten]

[sana]

exellente!

[chocolatepuppy]

Very nice pictures Kirsten! You take the best pics!

[Karen]

Gorgeous. I love autumn, and those pictures bring to mind a speech that struck me as so true and well-written, from a science fiction series back in 1995. So long ago, but I still remember it, and the character was played by Kristen Cloke, who has a fairly low, husky voice for a woman, and spoken straight out, not at all emotional:

Sundays this time of year, I used to lay in bed and watch the morning football game. And then I'd go out when the sun was just ... right. Golden. Autumn. I grew up in San Diego, and people say that there are no change of seasons in California, but... there are. I could always feel it. Always. There is just this... cold, inevitable edge in the air. The light, the colors... it's as if the Earth were letting you know that Summer was gone. There's no getting it back. Winter's coming and there's nothing that you can do to escape it. A lot of people say that they fall in love in the Spring. Not me. I always fell in love in Autumn. It is just the most... romantic... sexy... desperate...

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Awesome pics, Kirsten!!!!