FALLING LEAVES 2021, WEEK 3:

As (mostly) usual, I start with the view from the deck.

There's not a whole lot of change from last week; mostly still green, but thin compared to last year. Along the right side of the picture there's a tree that's mostly bare.

A view to the west, away from the pond, shows the trees thinning again but mostly green with patches of brown. There doesn't look like there's going to be any color this year, even around town where I've seen color in the past.

Here's the house and barn, looking mostly north. It didn't make it into the picture, but the leaves on the tree in the center are either brown -- or gone. The tree next to the carport on the right is still green, but has already dropped most of its leaves. The big pine in the center is dropping pine cones and needles like crazy.

Here's the fire pit. Still lots of green, but the trees in the center of the picture are turning brown rapidly. The brushy undergrowth downslope is still hanging in there for now, but beginning to fade.

Nowhere is it more evident than down along the pond. The growth at the edge of the pond (to the right of the fountain) is fading rapidly, and even on the other side of the path around the pond the leaves are turning brown.

Until next week....