Here's a view from Bill T's birding tower near our hometown last weekend. It was breath-taking, to put it mildly. I think it's the least God can do to compensate us for what lies ahead in the coming months, especially here in northern Ohio to give us this gorgeous show of color before it's all gray and then bone-chillingly cold. It had been gray and rainy all that day, and then right before the sun set, as if we asked for it, it came out below the clouds for a few minutes to show off on the treetops. This is taken from 40+ feet high. Well-worth the climb and the drive. Thanks, Julie and Bill, and also Phoebe and Liam for loaning us your folks for a while to visit!