Sparkly

It was another sparkly morning, frost on the car and on the grass. Many of the trees are bare of leaves. The big elm in the field north and east of us is hanging on in full color. We worried about her in the spring when she was later than most to get her leaves. She's making up for it now.

The big pear tree in Phil & Kathy's yard is a massive pyramid of red.

I am off to Chicago for a couple of days and then next week Bill and I will spend five days with Willie in San Francisco. I'm happy about the visits and the people we'll see, but I'll miss being apart of the changes here.