Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Fall

It is pretty much past peak around here, but I was able to find some foliage. Pretty much allof he woods are second-growth forests, which took over after farming was largely abandoned in this area following the First World War. Much of the human-edible crop farming followed the railroads to the Midwest. Fodder for horses and cows was widely grown; hay farming for horses petered out in the 1920s with the widespread adoption of motorized vehicle. Better transport, refrigeration and pasteurization moved the dairy farms to places where land was a lot flatter, less rocky and easier to frame. The trees took over


This is a high-tension powerline as it cuts its way through the woods.


Just beyond the lake, the trees have lost their leaves, but not at the lake itself.



That fire was probably at least 20 miles away.


In a few weeks at most, the landscape will be mostly brown, gray and some green from pine trees. It will stay that way until Winter takes hold, if it does. Last year was pretty bleak for snow fall.

5 comments:

One Fly said...

I've been ready for spring since the leaves have been gone.

Sarah said...

Beautiful pix. Looks very much like here, the Mississippi river valley stays colorful too. It's warmer near the water, I guess.

Here's a few from my fall tour a couple weeks ago.

Marc said...

Here in AZ it has recently cooled to where the Snowbirds find it comfortable - low 80's in the day, upper 60's to lower 70's at night. When they flock back, you know Summer is over. Some of them are as colorful and your Autumn foliage, but they'll not disappear until late Spring.

Comrade Misfit said...

Sarah, I loved the B-17 photos.

Sarah said...

B-17? Oh, you went back a long ways. I try to commune with the Collings B17 when it tours, and last bought a ride ( for my son ) back in 2005. I saw it again last summer, and am looking forward to their touring with the FW-190 replica. (Maybe next year?)

Rides are fine, but they're no longer doing the one I did ( a long time ago ) which gave me 5 minutes of right-seat. Worth it. Very, very worth it.