Let's remember looking at autumn leaves!

 They all blew down the day before Halloween at my house .

Oct 30, 2024 (as the temporary header shows)

So we'll back-track a week, when we had our peak season of leaves. (Sorry if there's repetition)

Oct 22 in the morning from living room window

Oct 23 morning from bedroom window

Oct 23 living room window close up

Oct 28, living room window (used in last week's header)

Oct 30, Veteran's Cemetery in Black Mountain, NC

I know AC would have decided which one or two of these to use. But I like them all...so you can choose your own favorite.

Oct 30 suddenly there is a great view of the ridge across the valley through the almost bare branches.

Nov 1, and I am getting used to grey days.

Nov 3 and I see a light patch in the distance above the neighbor's roof. I think it's the parking lot of those strip mall shops that flooded. I read on FB that the bridge over the Swannanoa River has been almost completed. I saw a great video and I'll see if I can share the link here.

https://fb.watch/vDuMBt8k8G/

Before (showing just the banks of the Swannanoa River, and the damage from the flood to the building behind it.)

After:

I do wish someone would take down that tree from the river bank leaning over the road. But the secret known to all who live here, and lots of politicians is...this whole area is slated to become a new interchange on the interstate, which crosses right behind the photographer with just an overpass now. There are lots of designs being considered, and some form of cloverleaf will knock out lots of the homes in the area...and probably need to have a better bridge over the little river that so recently raged. I wonder if the interchange design will take into consideration flood conditions!

PS, most of the photos today are mine, except the video and the last two.

Today's quote:

This is what power really is: the privilege of ignoring anything you might find distasteful. 

-Oksana Zabuzhko, writer (b. 19 Sep 1960)