Not to be compared with some areas of the country, but this year in spite of (because of?) the drought, we are experiencing some of the best color I can remember seeing here! Sunday, “just because” we spent the afternoon just riding around the edge of the Flint Hills taking it all in.

The trees seem especially bright this year.

The grasses play a big roll in the local color.

There is some pink starting to show but they don’t seem to have developed the fuchsia pink tones yet that I find so lovely. Some years that is more pronounced than others and I don’t know if it is dependent on moisture, frost, or what.

The weather was a bit windy but gorgeous in the 70’s, then we had some heavy rain so lots of leaves are now down.

If you didn’t go to Houston and want to get a glimpse, go to Quilt Festival at Home. Click on the side bar “Quilts, World of Beauty” to see the judged show winners, “Special Exhibits” to see selected others from the show (a couple of mine are in there), “On the Show Floor” for candid shots ( in pt 3, there’s one of two ladies looking at my “Just Dandy”!)

Yesterday I got the binding sewn on Poppy and about half of the hand work done, the accounting done for Houston, the patterns and samples put away and started getting ready for my next trip – Omaha, leaving Friday  and coming back on Wednesday, I believe.  I hope there will not be snow!

A couple of shots from yesterday.  It was warm but VERY windy and today it is cold and rainy so I don’t expect these leaves to last long. As you can see most of the trees are already bare.

Burning Bushes

Ornamental Pear Tree