Most of the leaves have fallen off the trees here – - especially with the wind and rain of recent days.
The leaves gone makes it feel like there is more space – - even tho there is not actually. Rather, it is that there is more empty space.
From our Elk Ridge perch , we can now see across to the ridge of South Mountain on the other side of Pleasant Valley. The Appalachian Train goes along that ridge, usually obscured by leaves, that is, unless we go way up on our ridge to places like Millennial View.
On Jan 1, 2000, we and our 2 Border Collie twin sisters got up very early and hiked way up to Millennial View. We sat there on the rock and watched as the sun rose over South Mountain and ushered in a new millennium.
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