Thursday, October 10, 2013
Fall Color
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Forest Hike, Cloudcroft Visit
Cottonwoods alongside Highway 82 We did the same forest hike behind the cabin that we've done the past three days, and the same one we&#...
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Nice variegated color against a stark background in the first image, Packrat.
We're having rain here, which is causing the few leaves that have turned color to fall onto the ground. The remaining leaves are still mostly green, so the woods don't look a heck of a lot different today than they did a month ago.
I read an article in the paper at lunchtime today that said that the year 2047 (and every year thereafter) is the year that every city on the globe will begin to experience hotter years than they have ever experienced before, and for some cities (and they mentioned Mexico City and Phoenix in particular), the "tipping point" year will arrive much sooner than 2047. (This may seem like a non sequitur, but was inspired by the fact that our leaves are turning color later and later each year.) Since I'm no fan of warm weather, this was not good news for me--even though I'll be long gone by then.
The changing seasons is subtle in the desert, but very beautiful as well.
Those are some sobering thoughts, Scott.
I'm so not a fan of hot weather that the thought of being cremated makes me sweat.
:)
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