The trees have grown pretty bare, are no longer as pretty as
they were a few of weeks ago. Fall has brought gusty winds, and with it
falling leaves. I actually had a blast on a particularly blustery day riding
beneath trees that were dropping their leaves in sheets. They were everywhere,
sticking to different parts of my bike, getting caught in the vents of my
helmet.
I felt like a kid looking up as I passed under the trees. I tried to
get some pictures as the leaves fell, but the low light didn’t offer anything for my iPhone to
grab on to. So I will just have to keep the moment in my mind.
Yesterday my niece posted the Johnny Mercer lyrics to “Autumn
Leaves.” I grew up on and love the Nat King Cole version (a musical taste
passed on from my grandfather), and now associate it with wooing my wife. I
think the song is actually about missing a lost lover after a wonderful summer,
so I will try not to associate it with riding my bike through the falling
leaves… as appropriate as that might also be.
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