Fall Outing at the Park

Most of the colorful leaves of autumn have now fallen for the year, which is necessary of course in order for the earth to add all their nutrients to the soil once more. We were not hit hard in our area by hurricane Sandy, but we have had a constant rain. These photos are from a few weeks ago, when everything was still warmer and brighter.

Our small town contains a large public park within its borough limits. It even has a little circular garden on the hill, which is our favorite area to walk.  It is a beautiful place to visit in the autumn, and one that I like to photograph when I remember. Here are a few last colorful autumn photos for the season.

I sit on the bench at the bend in the trail

And I can feel in the fall the final exhale

The trees in the field all wring their hands 

and the leaves go by like a funeral band.

I say, "Come Back Soon."

~Excerpt from the song Come Back Soon by Andrew Peterson

(who is one of my favorite songwriters)