Autumn passes quickly in the park

I've been going to the park, just not writing so much about it. Nothing particularly exciting, but every day is different in its own way, and beautiful. The foliage seems to have fallen very quickly - suddenly there were big puddles of red leaves under the maple trees, and big yellow ones undere the ginkgoes. On the sunny days before they fell, the sunlight sparkling through the moving leaves made it seem as if the light were really alive. It seemed to inspire the swans and geese to practice their flying. What a joyous feeling of being one with nature! I hope everyone manages to get to the park for a little bit right now. Things are so wonderful, and change so quickly. There's a clear vies now from the top of Lookout Hill.

Now the leaves have mostly fallen, except for a few stubborn trees, determined to keep their color a few more weeks if they can.

Other Park sights: the Brooklyn Marathon, "Stumphenge," and the cones that are supposed to make biking and walking less dangerous.

Oh, and there was a different boat on the lake the other day. Speculation: it's testing the water. there's been an unhealthy-looking green scum on it lately, and it certainly needs to be checked. Wouldn't want bad water for any of our bird and frog friends.

Yellow leaf day

Tree colors changing rapidly - today I concentrated on the bright yellow trees. There are already a bunch of leafless trees, which is surprising among so much green. Anyway, the yellow ones seem to stand out a lot today, perhaps because the sun was bright and it was another beautiful day in the park.

The port-o-johns by the Wellhouse are gone. This is surprising, ecause it was a 60 degree day with sunshine and a lot of people out. Maybe because the water fountains are gradually being turned off? I have a nasty habit of wanting the world to be logical and make sense. You'd think I would know better after 60+ years, but no.

Speaking of illogicality and senselessness, there have been a few very disturbing incidents in the park lately. There was the vicious dog/irresponsible owners incident that we learned about yesterday via the poster. The other day, I was nearly run over by a bicyclist while crossing the park road. He cursed me out quite badly, of course (sarcasm). Today Mary, one of my fellow dog-owners, told me about two similar, but worse incidents. One bicylist ran into a woman named Judy Cohen, who is now in an induced coma at Kings County Hospital as a result. Another cyclist hit a small boy. In that case, the cyclist in the hospital. The boy had a bump on the head but is apparently okay. What is going on? Don't people realize that sharing a park means you kind of have to look out for other people? Be responsible? Keep your eyes open? I throw sticks for JJ and make sure that there's no one standing in the direction I'm throwing the stick. I thought it was common sense, but apparently it's advanced social consciousness or something like that.

Looking for violent pit bull, irresponsible owner(s)

Here's a poster that was all around the Nethermead this morning. This is very sad. I know that people often let their dog off-leash in the Nethermead, especially after 5:00, but it is not legal, and people should be more responsible for their pets. Hope they find these owners and they do the right thing.

Autumn leaf changes

The colors are definitely changing on the leaves in the park's trees. It's amazing how much difference there is just from one day to the next.

We kept thinking about going upstate for a couple of sayd in October, staying at some nice3 little B & B, and watching the colors, but it never happened., So glad it's happening here. Today, I was particularly looking for bright red trees: my favorites.

Another beautiful day in the park!

Perfect Autumn Day

So glad that we turned the clocks back this weekend. It's now daylight when we wake up, around 7, to go to the park. The last few weeks I was never sure if it was actually morning or my occasional 3 AM insomnia. Since I have to actually get out of the bed to see the time ( a holdover from the need to actually wake up, not hit the button and go back to sleep), it was really infringing on my sleep time. Of course, if this is my biggest problem, I have no problems. Still, I do need to be getting enough sleep.

Anyway, it was a perfect fall day in the park - blue sky, neither hot nor cold, geese in the Parade ground, flowers around the Albanian Mosque on Albemarle, and lots and lots of happy dogs. Not all that much to report. I'm afraid my blog is becoming day after day of "another beautiful day in the park.

The trees are just starting to change colors - soft tones, not the glaring bright ones. I wonder if this is due to our strange weather - the snow while the trees were all still green and the large amounts of rain. Anyway, two trees overhead on Lookout Hill were very pretty where the two colors met.

The Snowman in all its glory

Thank you, reader sssnole!! Her daughter built the snowman and she sent me a picture of the original creation. Here's a link to it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/94915717@N00/6293857682/

Another beautiful fall day today. Off to visit occupy New York again. I'm looking for a cheap place to buy some space blankets, so I can bring them some.