Summer to Fall
In the past few days a surprising number of the trees along my route I walk every day have turned yellow and it looks like we might just have a very early fall here in the Northeast. The Virginia Creeper is turning bright red already. Maybe these really cool temperatures we have been having at night are getting to the trees. Fall is my favorite time of year and the change is welcome. It is great to see the incredible colors of red, yellow and green return again and I am thankful to watch the seasons slowly change.
I am grateful that I live in a place of such natural beauty here in the Delaware Valley. I am grateful that I live in a place with such a wonderful public recreational resource as our bike and hike path that hugs the bank of the Delaware River. I realise that in many places I would have to use back roads or ask permission of my neighbors to take such long walks every day. I am blessed and I am thankful for where I live.
I forgot to mention that it has been exceptionally dry here in the Northeast for the past two months and that might be another reason that we are getting an early fall; the trees are so thirsty they are simply dropping the excess weight. Could that be possible?