Weekly beauty: Early fall landscape

This week, I have really been enjoying the beauty of my surroundings. Now that I'm slightly more organized and on top of things (most of the time), I haven't been running late quite as consistently. That means I can drive a reasonable speed and even slow down to take a few pictures.

The landscape is beautiful right now (though in the last couple days parts of it have become unfortunately waterlogged). I love the way the scenery changes week to week. The trees are just about to explode with color, the harvest is beginning, and the moon was stunning on Tuesday.














I made two trips to St. Paul this week, so I am especially appreciative of the rural scenery when contrasted with this:





The city has lots of charms, but traffic isn't one of them. I'd rather get stuck behind a tractor with wide-open fields to admire any day.