I love fall.

I love cool weather and the change of the leaves. I personally find fall energizing.  There is just this incredible beauty in fall trees.  I guess I think it's natures way of giving us one last chance to admire it's beauty before heading into "hibernation" for the winter months. 

Harvest festivals.  Apple cider.  Pear bread. Such wonderful things happen in the fall.   I constantly get asked by people considering relocating to the Salem Oregon area about the weather. Now I have talked about our snow...and the city’s one snow plow, but people considering moving here from the east coast typically want to know “do you have four seasons?”

We do. Granted we get rain in the winter instead of snow, but I think the shift from fall to winter happens here. I was out walking around yesterday morning and just took a few shots of our Salem fall. Personally October in Oregon is one of my favorite times of year.