FALLING LEAVES 2024 WEEK 2: Nothing much has changed since last week (other than the fact that the chairs have been overturned). I had expected much more change (damage?) as a result of hurricane Helene but nothing happened. We had rain -- lots of rain -- but no wind at all.

The view of Arapaho Walk to the north has also changed very little. The tree leaves are a little thinner, probably due to the rainfall, but there is very little change in color.

To the south, the view is also much the same as last week. We did have a brief moment of sunshine this morning but it didn't last long.

Finally from that brief moment of sun is this picture looking across the valley. The photo doesn't do justice to the brighnesss of the picture. You can see some patches of brown in the trees, but nothing significant yet.

Until next week then.

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES from last week's paging all cats edition. My favorite, though, isn't a cat meme this week.

Now go see the rest.

PAPER - IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GO: The IRS's direct file program is vulnerable to hackers.

YOU CAN'T INDICT ME, I'M A DEMOCRAT: New York City Mayor Eric Adams indicted after campaign corruption investigation.

REP. HARRIET HAGEMAN [R-WY]: Democrats have "weaponized crazy people".

Democrats are crazy people. Rainbows and unicorns you know.

DEMOCRATS!: Get a reverse mortgage to pay your taxes.

If you're not on welfare (or are a government employee, but that's redundant), they hate you. They really, really hate you.

JUST START SHOOTING THEM. Drag racing mobs cause chaos in Philidelphia.

LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUP backing Kamala Harris exposed as a sham.

COMMENT OF THE WEEK: "Even less surprising has been the parade of diaper-filling Never Trump faux Republicans who have endorsed Kamala Harris. They've all really been Democrats since 2016, and just pretend they're still Republicans because that's what makes the useful idiot money keep rolling in."

Linked from PJ Media.

FARMING ILLEGAL ALIENS for votes and profit.

SURPRISE, SURPRISE: Kamala's not black.

WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED? "[T]here’s nothing more 'relatable' than hypocrite elites who have one set of rules for themselves, and another for you.]"

EDITH WILSON SMILES: Questions abound after Jill Biden takes over cabinet meeting for a visibly tired Joe Biden.

Now we know who the real president is. I think we also know who the puppetmaster is.....

VOTE FOR KAMALA: "Surely Cheney, the IRS, Putin and Iran endorsing Kamala can’t all be wrong!"

WHATEVER WE RULE IS BY DEFINITION ETHICAL: We don't need no stinkin' ethics rules.

FALLING LEAVES 2024 begins tonight, a week or so late since leaves are already falling. This year I'll do things a bit different, with the first three photos each week always taken from the same location. That said, here are this year's first three:

This first photo is taken from the front of our barn, looking downhill toward the pond. The pond will be more visible as the leaves fall. It doesn't show in this picture, but there is already some browning of leaves in the upper reaches of the trees.

This is the road from our house to the highway. They're not particulary visible in the image, but the roses along the fence are still flowering. The trees in the upper left have already begun to yellow and fall.

Going the other way, the roses along the fence line are more visible. The smaller trees just above the forsythis have already turned red, although it's not as visible in the shade.

I'll get more pond pictures as time goes on, but it's a long walk down (and longer up!) so that won't be weekly. It's always pretty down there, and being in a valley it usually takes much longer for the leaves to change and fall.

Finally, here's one from outside the neighborhood. In bright sunlight, it's a fiery red; in the shade when this picture was taken, it's much more muted.

Until next week....

THIS ONE IS JUST PLAIN UGLY: The truth behind Planned Parenthood.

It's hard to read, but read it all.

LET'S BE CLEAR: Kamala Harris is a monster.

Read it and vote accordingly.

WE'RE NOT ANTISEMITIC; we just hate Jews.

THE ODDEST HUMAN GENETIC ADAPTATION TOOK PLACE 9,000 YEARS AGO: the chilling reason it may have happened.

I don't understand why it's 'chilling'; humankind has long been known as the earth's most dangerous predator.