August 21, 2012 -- fall

I took a walk around the yard this afternoon and everything screamed fall--the ripening pokeweed berries, the budding asters, the red tupelo leaves. I've always contended that fall begins in July, but even people who don't believe that can't argue that it doesn't begin in August! Anyway, here are some red tupelo leaves combined with pokeweed leaves and berries. It's sort of interesting the way the pokeweed leaves show up through the tupelo leaves.