Tue 20 Nov 2007
Outside my office window is a tree that I stop at least once a day to notice. I have watched it roll through the seasons for a couple of years now. Today, it looks like a funky lollipop, with reddish-amber leaves fringing an inner ring of golden-yellow, and a heart of the remaining pale-green leaves. The sun rides pretty low in the sky this time of year, and there is a period during the day when it illuminates the tree from inside, causing it to glow with rich colors. The wind today, although not strong, is constant, and the tree is slowly losing the battle. Every day I can see more of the limbs and trunk, and less of the color. In a handful of weeks it will be completely bare. That thought makes me want to pull on a sweater, warm up a mug of hot chocolate, and settle in for the winter.
IMAGE: Taryn with the puppies, who will officially be dogs on Thanksgiving, their first birthday.
