This is my favorite time of year, no matter which coast I am on...East or West. Right about on 495 around the Beltway, the leaves are starting to turn colour. Hues of light greens, oranges and reds line the freeways creating an urban Monet painting. Around sunset clouds, shapeless in form, boundless in beauty cover the sky in a billowy sheet. The setting sun's blood orange glow seeping into clouds, spilling out even more colour. Then there is the night. Cool air replacing summer's hot, but winter's frigid still absent. I want to go down to the water's edge with my friend one night again and smoke cigars, talk, not talk, think, reminisce and just take it in. Every now and then I get to leave work, just at the right time, take the 8 heading west at the right moment...and get that sunset. I love my warm summers, but Fall's demeanor is a welcome contrast.
Posted by tony at October 4, 2006 3:04 AM