From Before Sandy Stole All of Our Leaves!

Well Hurricane Sandy has roared past my area in the DC suburbs. It was mainly just A LOT of rain and strong, gusty winds. Unfortunately, the areas north of here fared much worse. My thoughts/prayers go out to them.

Here are a few pictures from a few days past, when the fall leaves were in the last of their glory....

The full-frame version of my header photo

We took a motorcycle ride out to the Virginia countryside on Saturday. The leaves were definitely on their way out as far as color and what was still on the trees. But it was still a gorgeous ride on twisty country roads...