~ October Color ~

This year our fall season seemed to come and go as quick as this year's spring...in one week. 

Thankfully I was able to capture a few photos of the leaves on our small dirt road as they changed color one day,

and before they lay on the ground the next!

~ To the Mailbox ~

~ Fleeting Fall Color ~

~ Fall View on Turtle Hill ~

My husband named this Turtle Hill because every spring we find a Painted Turtle laying her eggs on the shoulder of the road between the birch tree on the left and the top of the hill. 

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~ Wishing you a whimsically beautiful fall day! ~

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Forest Ablaze...With Color!

~ Forest Ablaze ~

~ Majestic Maple ~

~ Forest Ablaze II ~

Realizing that many of the area trees were nearing their peak of Fall color, we decided to spend this past Saturday traveling the northern Minnesota countryside in search of Nature's most spectacular colors. Here and there we found reds and some golds...but late Sunday afternoon, as our family was preparing our Faire site for winter, we discovered a small hillside ablaze with an amazing display of orange, peach, yellows, gold, and reds. The beautiful deep blue sky that peeked between the stunning leaves of maple, birch, and aspen allowed rays of golden sunshine to set the hillside on fire with color. This hillside was beautiful, bright, and truly glowing!

~ And...such a short distance from home. ~

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