Seasonal adjustments

The bicycle log for the past four days actually shows a small amount of variation from day to day but it really wouldn't have to.  Rain and cold would have worked just fine for any of those days.

Today the sun finally came back but unfortunately September did not return with it.

Still, it was warm enough (nearly average temperatures), nice enough and rather refreshingly not windy.

A good day for a ride.

It is mostly the yellows that have changed to this point but by now nearly every one that is going to go yellow has at least started.  That tree is about two blocks from here.  That sky was everywhere.

Another sign of fall is the posting of the wild and natural areas out near the lakes for the annual culling of the vermin, aka the archery deer hunt.

I also think that sign is interesting for a couple of other reasons, one is that it makes it fairly clear that the pavement running through the woods out there are sidewalks.

But actually I am of the belief anyway that pedestrians always have the right of way over bicycles on the same general rationale as the speed boat sail boat right of way rules.  The one under power should yield.

The other thing about that sign is that it strikes me as an inelegant way to say no spirits.

The big new tree starting looking like this recently.

That isn't the most encouraging look for a brand new tree.

Fortunately we have access to the internet and you can google white pine needles turning yellow in the fall.

The ground underneath the tree is littered with what used to be on the tree.

TOPWLH is still a little bit uncertain about the whole thing so I promised her a photo of reassurance.  This is a largish mature white pine about a block and half from here.

White pines have three years worth of needle growth on the branches during the growing season.  In early fall the three year old needles turn yellow and drop.

We were both a little uncertain when the new tree started looking a little yellow around the gills.  All is OK now.

It's a really handsome tree.