October answers to that period in our lives when we are no longer dependent on our transient moods . . .

"October answers to that period in the life of man  . . .

when he is no longer dependent on his transient moods - when all his existence ripens into wisdom . . . He bears his fruit."

Henry David Thoreau

Photos: (Top) Aspen and Rabbit Ears Peak, near Rabbit Ears Pass, CO; (Second) Aspen leaves in the snow, Flattops Wilderness, CO; (Third) Flattop Mountain, Flattops Wilderness, CO; (Bottom) Cloud, Clark Peak, and Aspens, Rawah Range, CO.  All photos were taken on October 5, 2014