"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."

                             ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fall seemed to happen overnight here.  The colors are lovely, but not as dramatic as some years.  However, autumn's peak has not yet arrived.  But, we're having endless days of rain that might alter the stunning show we all  hope for every year.  Time will tell.  Meanwhile, I'm posting some photos I took along my morning commute a couple days ago.

The little tree with the golden leaves just across the street from my house appears to be the "show-off" tree.

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A month seemed to pass by in a blink of an eye.  Fall is upon us now, but I managed to extend my summer by spending a week in Florida.  Found a wonderfully pristine beach in Pass-a-Grille FL, the southernmost tip of St. Pete Beach FL.  It was only about 3 miles long, but a world all its own.  Reminiscent of my old Key West days, I loved walking the narrow streets of the little town with small cottages surrounded by the sea.   The turquoise green color of the water pulled me right back to the islands of the  Keys and the Caribbean.  Weather was tropical in nature and I fell comfortably into lazy days at the beach, swimming and swimming, reading, and just relaxing.  Ah, summer.