For years I've heard folks wax poetic about Mother Nature putting on a show every Fall -- and I never understood it.
After all, I'm from Iowa and the leaves change color there too... So get OVER it!!
...Well...         I get it now. I finally get it.


We did a lotta driving this trip.

Just no time to take a picture of every chlorophyll-challenged leaf.

But my good Samaritan will stop and help strangers out with their flat tire...

...and snap a quick photo before the sun goes down.

Color color color!

A serene leaf-strewn pond.

This cemetery is Halloween-ready!

Whatta raucous orange color! 
(Makes my ears hurt.)

An exquisite color medley.

Robin in the pumpkin patch.

A booming color symphony!

Fire blazes in the treetops.

Mother Nature brashly flaunts her sumptuously-colored lace canopy.
(See? Now I'M doing it too!)