Our seasons seem to happen early and LATE here in northern California. When everyone is loving their cooling weather and spectacular autumn color we are often still experiencing 100 degree weather. When others are having the first snow of the season we may be finally cooling-to-a-tolerable-level temperatures. The flip and WONDERFUL side of that is when much of the country is still snowed-in in, say, March we will be having weather in the 70s and 80s. I never realized that I had a "winter" birthday until I was an adult because by mid-March (March 19th to be exact) it feels like spring is in full swing...
Wow, I am rambling. So back to autumn. We are just past our peak for color here in my neighborhood. There is still plenty of color but many of the leaves have begun to fall. While it could NEVER (ever ever ever) compare to the beauty of the north east, it can still be my little autumn wonderland.




Long shadows in the early afternoon.
Wow, I am rambling. So back to autumn. We are just past our peak for color here in my neighborhood. There is still plenty of color but many of the leaves have begun to fall. While it could NEVER (ever ever ever) compare to the beauty of the north east, it can still be my little autumn wonderland.




Long shadows in the early afternoon.
(My shadow totally looks like "Elasta-Girl" from the "Incredible's" with long legs, WIDE hips and no waist? Maybe it is just me...)































































