colors of autumn

Not long ago Leigh (Five Acres and a Dream), wrote about the beautiful colors of October on her acreage.

Well, October is over,  and it's been so dry here that most of our acreage is yellow/brown...

... but I have been loving the colors on the smoke tree this year.

It's right outside the kitchen window, and during the Fall it's beauty just seems to brighten the whole kitchen.

I like it so much I keep a "bouquet" of it's leaves on the table.

The leaves are starting to curl now, and I'm guessing it won't be long before it's bare...

... which make me appreciate it all the more during these last few days of autumn.