Fall Is a Time-Lapse in the Mountains
It is one of nature's blessings that we in the Western Virginia mountains can follow peak leaf color to within a day's drive of Roanoke for nearly a month, beginning at the Pennsylvania border and following the trail to Western North Carolina and East Tennessee (as well as all of eastern West Virginia).
Today, I went up into Botetourt County and at first glance, it looked like the color had been soaked out of the mountains and they had turned to rust. On further inspection, however, what you see here was revealed through various camera lenses. It just doesn't get ugly, even when the rust is dominant.
The sixth picture down, no matter how many times I look at it, appears to be a bedraggled wet rooster facing to the left. Too funny! At first glance I thought what in the world?? I keep scrolling back, and the collection of leaves still looks like a bewildered wet bird.
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