When I came home this afternoon, my neighborhood looked like beautiful snow globe. We still had a lot of yellow leaves on some trees… and it was magical to see the snow sticking & piling up on the branches.

Looks like some of our yellow Fall leaves got a little caught off guard by the snow today… especially these maple leaves that came down off the trees today along with a few inches of snow!

So many leaves are on the ground. So many colors. So many textures.
I love Fall… I just don’t like that it ends too soon!!

Okay I tried… I really did. But my plan of working all day setting up my Home Show got totally sidelined by my bike & some stunning weather!!! Today we almost hit 70-degrees & sunny… while tomorrow the temps are supposed to drop more than 20-degrees!!! So this might have been our last chance for sleeveless bike riding through gorgeous Fall colors!!! So I seized the moment!!!

Enjoying what could be the end of our Fall colors with a dicey weekend weather forecast… that might even include some snow?!!! But for today, this sumac bush is really showing off in all of its Autumn glory!!!

So I told myself if I was productive in the studio in the morning, I could go outside to play in the afternoon. And I was… so did! And I had an AMAZING time out in the Autumn splendor with vibrant Fall colors, glistening reflections, blue skies & plenty of fresh air… and perhaps even a Great Blue Heron! Such a perfect day for hiking around Rock Cut State Park. Exploring the scenery… and reminiscing a bit as we used to family camp here a lot when I was a kid. Great memories… great scenery… GREAT DAY!!!

From this morning’s sunrise bike ride!!! I’m usually so focused on the horizon to the east for the sunrise… but this magical surprise was hanging low & off to the west.

With overnight rain, we went from a hot “summer” day yesterday… to a wet & chilled “autumn” day today! The autumn colors are just now starting with almost a 20-degree drop in temperature & some much needed rain!

Fall is here… and ORANGE is my favorite color! So I’m excited that my back porch has taken on a new autumn appearance! Thanks to the folks at ART IN THE BARN who decorate the art fair grounds with mums, pumpkins & gourds…and then sell them off at the end as a fundraiser for the hospital auxiliary board. I was there for it… I mean… ORANGE !!!