Colors

With the changing of the seasons now upon us, I am sure that this won't be the only entry where I dedicate a photo to the amazing fall colors that our senses are treated to.   The leaves are turning warm shades of oranges and reds and the air has the scent and feeling of a winter's wrath about to strike.   All throughout the city and the surrounding area, tree-lined streets and avenues are being painted these warm hues by Mother Nature and almost tell those iconic Norman Rockwell stories of Americana.   Today, I decided to make a trip to one of the parks near my daughter's school after dropping her off to see what would transpire.   The sun's direction was very cooperative with me as I wanted to try and capture the warm hues of the different trees all around me.  

This season reminds me of when I was younger and the streets of my neighborhood were always filled with piles of fallen leaves.   We would run from across the yard and dive head first into them, showering the street with them and aggravating the adults who would summarily throw a rake in our direction to clean up our mess.   That eventually turned into driving through them at top speed and splashing them back into the yards they came from.   These are the experiences I am excited to watch my daughter do as we begin the task of cleaning up those leaves from our yard and piling them into the street, hoping that nobody decides to splash them back onto my lawn like I did so many years ago.