Fall Colors

It's finally starting to happen, just in the past week. The trees are starting to turn, with a little bit more color noticeable each passing day. We've had quite a bit of wind the last couple of days and that's taken quite a lot of leaves off many of the trees. I'm seeing big piles of leaves raked up to the curbs, a sure sign that leaf collection season has arrived in our community.

I'm so thankful we're not any further north - news of the renegade snowstorm in Buffalo was an unwanted reminder that Winter is creeping up on us. We've had a couple of early snowfalls in the past in Cincinnati, most notably on October 18, 1989 when I was pregnant with Kelly. I remember it well - similar to the Buffalo storm because all the leaves were still on the trees and the ice and snow created havoc for days. Let's hope we don't see any snow fly until December!