Squaw Peak leaves

It's been several years since I drove the road up to the Squaw Peak overlook, but Sam and I found ourselves with a semi-free afternoon and only the younger kids at home, so we decided to take the drive! The canyon was packed with people (all looking at the Fall leaves, I suppose—and taking family pictures!), but it didn't diminish the glory of the leaves! They were at their prime, and for some reason the trees ALL seemed to be "peaking" at once. Usually it seems like some of the trees are lovely and colored, and some are already dead and brown, and some are not-quite-at-their-best red yet, and some are not even changing colors at all. But this year everything was uniformly (well, not really uniformly—there was so much variation in color and intensity!—but all of it beautiful) bright and amazing. We couldn't stop exclaiming over it!
I walked down this little wooded path and, other than when I got stung or bitten on the bottom of my foot by some tiny insect, causing me to wake half-mad with itchiness for the next several nights, I felt like I was walking through a cathedral! Color and light everywhere.

For this picture, I had these two stand on the tiniest dirt hill ever, but it was apparently high enough to seem horribly dangerous to Teddy. He clung to Goldie for dear life and would not let go!
See? Stained-glass leaf-light!

5 comments

  1. Oh my goodness! That article! It does really put things into perspective. And it's interesting. Whenever I get frustrated or think Mike should be doing something better or justified in being grumpy with him . . . once I get the spirit back it has never once said, "Yah. You're right. He could do better." Always always it has said "Forgive! Love him! Quit your pride and love him!!!!"

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    1. Yes! Same with me. It ALWAYS turns out to be me that's the one with the problem, and the prompting tells ME to shape up.

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  2. Hm. I guess I clicked on your lead post to comment on your conference post? Heh heh.

    But the leaves!! More than anything but newborns looking at them makes me feel that panic of "Oh no!!! It will be gone too soon!!!!"

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