red october

a walk in the neighborhood and lots of red is looking at me. it will be seen and i love to see all the red leafs and berries. even the crab apple is by now very dark red, as it has been a light red with orange tones just a week ago.
maybe that's what i like so much in october, the changing of color. as the air gets cooler nature "warms up", a delightful change of scene is happening.
my morning runs are almost like a visit at an art studio, where a painter is working on a big canvas. as one works with oil paints, it is wonderful to keep working over a longer time span and change the painting again and again. so it is with nature, right now is a very intense change going on, and until a certain point (which will be soon) the color is improving and getting more intense.

though there will be the moment, when everything is going to turn and change once more, it will be quick. the first frost will be the initiator, not one cold spill has been here and there is non in the forecast. fine with me, i love long warm octobers.