For the most part, all the fall leaves are gone with the wind already... save for a few random trees here in town.
I came across one such tree yesterday while I was running some errands;
and because I most always have my camera with me... had to stop.
These are probably some of the biggest yellow maple leaves I have ever seen.

And hey... it's the weekend.
And so I have lots of links for you to look at:

*Pyragraph: Illustration is Storytelling
* was Van Gogh killed? new thoughts.
*a car, a camera, and the open road (NYT article)
*7 things you should never apologize for
*top 5 regrets
*50 ways to put the light back in your heart
*beauty in the strangest places
*Bob Dylan's "Basement tapes" found
*a cool blog
*photos from this year's Marigold Parade (DDLM in Albuquerque) ... and what GOOGLE did for DDML
*coolness in West Virginia
*photos from the Museum of Natural History
*dang, this would be cool to live at/photograph... can you say art colony?!

*and... on an aside. I've decided to sign up for this year's NanoWrimo writing challenge. Are you in?