
Today I drove through the countryside to Opp and all along the way I kept seeing such beautiful colored leaves on the trees and vines. Yellow poplars look like leaves of pure gold. Grape vines look like garlands of gold Christmas swags. But there are no prettier trees than this Autumn Blaze maple we planted in our yard 3 years ago. The first photo was taken just as the leaves started turning and the 2nd photo was taken 2 days ago on Nov. 11th. The Bradford trees along our street are beautiful.

In a few years - or 2 or 3, we will have to start raking leaves. It's been nice moving to a house with no landscaping and taking a break from raking leaves and pine straw. But I miss the trees in the fall when the leaves start changing.