Sunday, November 6, 2005
Autumn leaves
The hillsides along the Hudson are absolutely beautiful this time of year. On the side of a small pond on the land side of the railroad tracks there's a fairly young tree that is actually magenta. The huge oak beside my house is various shades of yellows and oranges. And the teenage maple in my backyard is a cliched fiery and shiny red, a shade whose name I don't know. There's only one down-side to all this but, alas, it's huge: the tedious, arm and shoulder numbing requirement of raking or blowing the leaves into bags or big piles at the curb. So, gotta go. (Update: Did about 2/3 of what needs to be done and nearly every muscle aches. Is there a message here somewhere about beauty and pain, do you suppose?)
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