For me, the first sign of Fall is to see the holes in the leaves that insects make over the summer. Leaves, like flowers, die well and are beautiful to the end and beyond. I think leaves are too often overlooked when it comes to natural beauty. So I decided to do a Photo Journal on the first signs of fall.

I had to get close to capture the new symmetry of the mature leaf. Each one is different and reveals itself in its own way.

The sun lighting up these leaves caught my eye.

I’ll keep an eye on them. My first photos were of dead leaves (I was depressed), but people still tell me they loved those photos. I’ll try some again, but in the meantime, I have a lot of color and light to show.