It is coming ............................ fall that is !

it seems every summer goes faster than the one before its August 25 today and it seems like it was just early June. Yeah we’ve managed to do quite a bit this summer but why the summer golf so fast in winter goes so slow.

With the passing of summer we’re about to enter one of my favorite times of year here in northern Minnesota its fall well almost. As I look around I see subtle hints that fall is not far away the marsh grasses have started to turn that kind of gold-dish yellow. The weather is beginning to change you can feel fall in the air, soon will be able to smell it. not long after that natures palette will explode the vibrant reds and yellows will dominate the landscape for a short period as the trees transition to dormancy for the winter.

Fall is absolutely my favorite time of year to be out photographing, the bugs are gone for the most part and children are back at school. If nothing else in the fall colors season can be a very hectic time of year in trying to get from location to location. Here in Minnesota the colors changed in ways first you get the sumac then come the maples and other deciduous trees and a few weeks later along the North Shore it all happens again. Just when you think fall colors are over along comes the golden hue of the Tamarack trees if you’re not familiar with Tamarack they looked to be evergreen but they’re actually deciduous date change color and dropped their needles actually they are small leaves. By the time the Tamaracks finish dropping their leaves the fall color has shifted to central and southern Minnesota, so then it’s time to follow the colors south.

My only wish for fall is that it lasted months instead of weeks because it is such a beautiful time of year to be outdoors not too hot not to cold and very few bugs if any at all. There is something about the crisp fall air is so refreshing I’ll step outside and take a good lung full of the fall air on enjoy it for several moments then the realization of what is yet to come shocks me back to reality, yes winter can’t be too far away.