Autumn wins us best by its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

"Autumn wins you best by this . . . ,

 "its mute appeal to sympathy . . .

"for its decay."

Robert Browning

Photos: (Top) Curved Aspen, near Kebler Pass, CO, September 27, 2014; (Second) Ohio Pass with the Castles in the distance, near Crested Butte, CO, September 27, 2014; (Third) Thimbleberry Leaf, near Kebler Pass, CO, September 26, 2014; (Bottom) Aspen trees and Vedauwoo Rocks, Medicine Bow National Forest, WY, September 22, 2014