FALLING LEAVES 2025, Week 2: Herewith are the first on schedule pictures of this season. It's been an odd season. We had a cold snap prior the the beginning of the photo season and the deciduous trees had a pretty significant leaf fall as you will see in the photos below. Then it got warmer, and the grasses and garden plants continued to bloom. Now it's finally turning cooler again.

We start with the usual pond view:

It's not much changed from last week; you can see a bit of brown, but the trees are downslope some, get more sun, and a bit of wind protection.

Looking west across our road, you can see that the taller trees are almost devoid of leaves. Winds and the cold snap must have added a half-inch of leaves of depth to the ground cover.

Looking north (above) and south (below) along the road you can see mostly trees devoid of leaves among the evergreens. There are occasional touches of color, but I think this season it's going to be mostly brown and bare.

Our barn/firepit view shows that the garden plants are mostly still there. The picture above, looking north, shows the flowers along the fence line are still there -- and flowering.

The house picture is a bit dark since it's almost completely surrounded by trees, most of whom have just begun dropping leaves since they're well-protected from the northwesterly winds we see here this time of year.

The lawn is our only cleared area, and the grass is rapidly succumbing to winter. It's gone to seed, been mowed, and is clearly preparing for winter.

Until next week....