Leaves

Autumn is showing off it's theatric beauty these days. Suddenly the leaves are bright gold and red and appear more vivid under the cloudy sky. With stately evergreens as their neighbors, the colorful trees look like drag queens next to men in dark suits. I remember thinking during the summer that it would be fun for Leola to watch the changing seasons from our deck - she so loved looking at everything out there or from the windows. But that didn't happen for her. We thought about bringing her over for dinner, but she doesn't remember the summer leaves, the views from the deck or our house. We may still bring her over for a visit, but I fear it will confuse her. It would be interesting to see what she would remember... probably just her furniture that is left in her room and the many clothes still in the closet. Her old room still sits like a ghost town of personal belongings. I had to chuckle the other day when I went in there. I went to close the window blind and remembered it was in the garage. When she still lived with us she had tugged so hard on the string to close it, she pulled it right out of the window jam and it came crashing down. I must remember to get it fixed.