It's amazing how much a place can change in a month. At the end of September the landscape was beautiful: clear skies over mountains just dusted with snow, bright yellow on the slopes from leaves changing hue from green to something more violent, and on the ground were vivid trees all around. Now, at the beginning of November I am already surrounded by a frozen, hibernating landscape; the trees are barren, the moutains snow-white, the lakes one massive sheet of ice. Everything has changed so fast that it makes these photos, taken less than six weeks ago, seem horribly outdated. They're getting posted nonetheless, if for no other reason than to remind me of that beautiful season gone by -- and to remind me to teach Sienna how to do this trick once more hospitable weather has returned!
