Should've taken "before" photos...but didn't. Just overnight the trees have started dropping their leaves like crazy. Fall has fell! They're coming down like big yellow snowflakes. (These pictures were taken about noon today...and we've had some pretty good wind all day - 25-35 mph with gusts to 40 is what Channel 22 was reporting - so I'm betting the leaves are considerably deeper now.) The weird brown box on the right edge of the second photo is the corner of my neighbor's house. That wall is actually straight up and down...the photo's crooked...new camera, ya know. (We all have weird brown boxes that we live in....AND I LOVE IT!!!) There were two bright red maples in the easement out front...but they're now just sticks, no leaves.
It's been really pretty here. I hadn't ridden for a couple of weeks because I was babying an eye issue..but last Sunday Carol and I rode to Nickerson (32 miles) and Monday Carol, Mary, and I rode to Partridge (43.84 miles!!!) So pretty much Monday was kind of "lost" after that. Had a shower, had some soup, that about covers it. I hadn't ridden much in the past two weeks and it pretty much used me up. Sure felt great at the time though.
We didn't get in a ride yesterday as I had an eye appointment (and got a good report on healing.) Carol and I had planned to ride this morning and a big dark cloud was looming overhead, so we didn't. By the time the clouds passed (and a tiny dribble of rain), the wind was up. Tomorrow maybe.
