LEAVING- the act of leaves falling like snow

 

While cleaning and closing the pond for winter we realized that though it wasn't snowing: it was leaving. This is my first attempt at posting video so the quality isn't quite what I wanted but it does show the leaving. I will try to get a better video in the near future.

Added a second video today to show the leaving. It's a bit better but still not as good as standing out in the leaving. The first video iis the latest

Been busy putting summer away and heading into late fall. Closed the Bocce Court today and will be busy closing the pond and sprinkling system tomorrow. Started this fall drawing of leaves and will keep posting the progress for anyone who may be following by blog.

You never know what you will get in the UP! beauty for sure.

Fall Color Tour 2018

Upper Peninsula Michigan

October brings the fall colors so vivid and and exciting. However, traveling to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the best color tour you can experience.

These were some hounds we met. They were on their way to Gwinn with five others to do a little bear hunting with their master. You can see the color behind them. Friendliest group of hound dogs we have ever met. They were at our first rest stop on Highway US 2 and the temperature was in the high 60"s.

View from Brockway Mountain drive south entrance. We climbed the distance up in sunshine surrounded by glittering golden trees.

 The oaks were just begining to take on the tarnished gold color they would have by the time we headed home from the H58 pictured rocks drive. The weather here was starting to change as the temperature was dropping nut still in the upper 50's.

The pines with their church like spires seem to enhance the colors of the turning leaves.

Now as we looked out over Copper Harbor and the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula you can see the snow coming in. The temperature had dropped to 38 F degrees. We had donned our gloves and hats to be outside: still it was beautiful.

This panorama view of Copper Harbor shows the passing snow storm. We would encounter this storm off and on for the remainder of trip down the Keweenaw. Seeing the snow accumulate on the ground and trees by the time we got to Calumet it was clinging to the vehicles.