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I am betting that you are

A Guy Called LULU — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:37:07 +0000

In reply to Sounds wonderful, Lulu. We

I am betting that you are absolutely right, there is no place like home.

Sounds wonderful, Lulu. We

Ramona — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:28:12 +0000

In reply to In the last six weeks I have

Sounds wonderful, Lulu. We were in Denver one fall and drove up to Rocky Mountain National Park. It was spectacular! I do know that Michigan doesn't hold a patent on fall color, but I guess to me there's no place like home.

I love to listen to good music when I'm in beautiful places. Usually it's light classical but I'm open to anything that's melodic and doesn't scream.

In the last six weeks I have

A Guy Called LULU — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:02:11 +0000

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In the last six weeks I have driven across Colorado twice, once on a motorcycle and last week in my car. The stretch from Salida, over Monarch Pass, and on through Gunnison towards Montrose was like a stroboscopic collage of jig saw puzzle pictures of mountains in the fall. On the river bottoms the grass was still largely green but the trees had turned and were brilliant gold. It felt almost surreal it was so calendar like beautiful for mile after mile.

Also, as I drove I listened to a very good book I had somehow missed ever reading. "Ender's Game" seemed like it could have been written yesterday. The whole thing made me think about "What a long strange trip its been". From game to game, but a lot of it has been pretty cool.

I'm sure you're seeing what

Ramona — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:54:24 +0000

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I'm sure you're seeing what I'm seeing most of the the time, even though we're probably 4 or 500 miles apart. I would say that fall is my favorite time of year, but when it starts to get cold I'm reminded too much of winter.

But I don't see it as dying, since the trees are still alive. It's more like shedding old skin. I do love to shuffle through the leaves, though. I don't know why I get such a kick out of that, but I do.

We are just about done here.

Richard Day — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:32:42 +0000

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We are just about done here. The leaves have fallen. 22 degrees is the rule in the early morn.

Beautiful pix; but they could have been taken anywhere within a few miles of here.

Why is dying so damn beautiful?