I can sense a change in the weather.  The morning hours are crisp.  The evening gets darker quicker and there is a coolness to the last hour of the sun shine.  I hear distant shots being fired as folks are sighting in their rifles.  The calendar shows several big game hunts going on right now.

The local scouting and outing events have to consider these hunts as they plan their outdoor activities.  It is definitely Fall that is coming.  Summer is giving in to this cool air and I can see the leaves on the mountain beginning to turn from the green they have been all summer, to a different shade of green and even some are showing orange mixed in.

Some think the leaves turn color because of the coolness of the air.  But that is not the case.  It is the angle of the sun that tells the trees it is time to push the sap down and into the roots and prepare for the cold of winter.  The leaves stop their photosynthesis and the color goes out of them, leaving them with their historic colors of red, orange, yellow and mottled colors.  I love this time of year!

I love all the seasons.

Bears Butt

Sep. 2011