Autumn is in the air!  'Tis my favorite time of year.  I feel the out-of-doors beckoning me to come for a stroll; to come and enjoy the crisp fresh air and the colors (yellows, oranges, reds, golds).  I do spend as much time as possible outside during this time of year, but unfortunately, other obligations and deadlines prevent me from being outside as much as I would like.  I was able to spend nearly a week doing plein air painting in Northern Utah during the last week of September (during LeConte Stewart Show hosted by Apple Frame Gallery in Bountiful, Utah).  In Northern Utah, along the foothills and perhaps half way up the mountains, big tooth maples glow a vibrant crimson or orange during the last week of September.  The aspens at higher elevation were beginning to turn golden yellow.  In the valleys, most trees were still green.  Back here in Colorado, the season is very similar.  However, I will miss the maples of Utah.  Colorado simply doesn't have the red and orange maples.  Nonetheless, I am enjoying the beautiful autumn colors that Colorado does have, painting on location as much as possible.  I only wish fall lasted longer. 

Keith Bond