Autumn

Autumn...one of my favorite times of the year.  The changing of the leaves and crispness in the air is refreshing. 

Since we are not surrounded by trees here in Colorado, you can see the beautiful mountain range almost everywhere you drive.  In the mountains the Aspen are beautiful  in the summer, with their white bark and quaking green leaves.  They are stunning, though, when their backdrop is the dark evergreen and their leaves turn a vibrant yellow.

The trees that are showing their colors now are the oak and scrub oak.  The scrub oak are the small bushy-shrub-like trees that dot the open areas. 

The pictures here are on the way to Kaleb's middle school.  The homes here have been here a little while longer than in my neighborhood, so these big beautiful trees make it a very nice drive.

I haven't made it to see the colors in the mountains...it is on my to do list...