This is why we live in Colorado

There is a commercial that is aired here that shows the ski slopes and says "this is why you live in Colorado". Well, I don't ski. A short-lived class at A&M, in which we skied down a wet, soapy, white astroturf into a chain-link fence, pretty much ruined me for that.

But, I love the fall foliage here. We have the famous Aspens, but we also have maples and many others whose names I don't know in our neighborhood. It's still a bit early in our area, but here are some shots from our walk this morning.

The park near our house - it has an amazing mountain view, and always seems to be 5-10 degrees cooler than the rest of the neighborhood.

The elementary school in our neighborhood.

Our front yard. Our tree is a red maple, and won't change colors for another few weeks, but our neighbor's tree is already losing its yellow leaves.

Note the long-sleeved shirt; unfortunately we'll need to change it soon because it's supposed to hit 90 today. And yes, I know that those of you in Houston or College Station probably think 90 and low humidity sounds dreamy, but if I'm going to be shoveling snow in April, then I expect October 1st to have autumnal temperatures!

I hope everyone else has a good fall weekend; we're planning to buy mums and maybe head to the mountains to check out the Aspens (they're peaking at higher elevations). Happy Autumn!