These leaves are quitters

I stepped outside two times today. Once was to go from office to class and once was to go run, a brisk five mile jog that was mostly remarkable for feeling normal.

On the way back from my run, and on to an evening meeting, I got a few leaf pictures. They are giving up the fight:

Leaves

By next week they’ll all be on the ground and brown, probably. That’s the way it moves here: fast.

Leaves

So you seek out the maples and the dogwoods and you hope your timing is right.

Leaves

Now, no photo could ever capture the feeling of autumn, particularly on a rainy day, and especially not the hasty cell phone variety of shot. But that doesn’t mean we don’t try.

Leaves

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