Friendly Fall

Yesterday was a beautiful Fall day with temps in the high 60's and little wind after several days of gale force winds which left many trees looking like this straggler overlooking the Red River of the North.

A few trees along the river walk still had color.

Here is the dike which was built after the devastating 1997 flood which makes us sleep well when the river decides to overflow it's banks in the Spring.

I found one Maple in the neighborhood which was still full of leaves and color.

A few years ago the Park District planted maple trees on most of our block.  They are as pretty as they have been.  One thing I don't like however. They are the last to lose their leaves and those big Maple leaves with long stems come racing down the block toward our house whenever the winds come from the North.  The seasons are a changing on Walnut Street.