if you can believe it, there's the moon at almost twelve noon. quite faint, mind you, but still visible. it was a beautiful day today, although this morning it was snowing a bit, but they didn't stay long on the ground; then the sun shone and the clouds lifted for a while. but there's no mistaking that old man winter is starting to move in, luggage and all.
the first snowfall, the one that actually stayed on ground (at least for a reasonably long while and made me slip and almost fell, that's what), happened this morning. it came hard for a good several minutes but soon after the sun came out and melted most of the white stuff, and only this remained to remind us that yes, winter is just around the corner, like it isn't already.
i was up early today to go to wal-mart first thing, then we went downtown to the st. lawrence market. the sunrise is reflected on the buildings and the buildings, including the CN tower, look like they are rising from slumber. so, good morning to you!
at eastlyn park, there are still a few trees that haven't shed off their leaves. this one was just all golden with some tinges of red on the edges on the leaves facing east. there were people standing beneath it so i couldn't take a picture of the whole tree the leaves are just a beautiful yellow.
this is the view during the drive today, a coolish day but rather nice fall day. in some parts the leaves are still green, but mostly mother nature has started to show her true colours. next, the rain and wind will strip the trees of these colours and it will just be brown and boring, with the occasional snow covering, of course!