October 17, on the way to work

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Even after all these decades, I am still astonished every fall when the trees look like this......





And the ground looks like this........





You would never walk on someone's flowers; how can it be right to walk on this?





Ripping our attention from all the COLOR, we note an ex-coneflower, in front of a fence.





I caught the bus; now we are downtown.

Bradford pear leaf, on edge of planter in front of library.





Red redbud leaf, upside down, wet.





Still water.





Seasonal decorations.





A generous colleague shares her tea from home -- Taiwanese Mountain Tea, which is an oolong. It is lovely.....





I meant to take another pic after the leaves expanded, but I got distracted and didn't. Next week.........

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