Fall into fall

A couple of days ago, I was driving around town wasting a little time when I discovered a little oasis away from the beaten path.   In the smallest park in town, an area about 2-3 acres has been set aside as a prairie reclamation project.   There are paths leading through plants and flowers that once were part of the great prairie that spanned across Southern Wisconsin several hundred years ago.   Milkweed, daisies, and other plants stand taller than a human and create a sense of being away from the 21st century.   You can almost hear the hammers banging on the wood-shingled roofs being built for the early homesteaders and taste the salted pork in the air as it's being cooked for the evening supper.   I thought that this would be a great place to begin the next phase of my photo taking, as the autumnal equinox has arrived.   Nature is about to explode her color palatte with the leaves changing, grass losing the dark green of summer, and harvesting about to begin.   I am anticipating the time ahead when the outdoors will become my studio and the plants and animals of fall will become my subjects.