"It is pleasant to walk over the beds of these fresh, crisp, and rustling leaves. How beautifully they go to their graves! . . ."

"It is pleasant to walk over the beds of these fresh, crisp, and rustling leaves.  How beautifully they go to their graves! . . .

"How gently they lay themselves down and turn to mould! . . .

 "Painted of a thousand hues, and fit to make the beds of us living."

Henry David Thoreau,
"Autumnal Tints"

Photos: Aspen forests in the Kebler Pass and Ashcroft areas, CO; September 26 - 28, 2014