kitchen maple

This was the view from my kitchen window on Friday - two days ago. The leaves are all gone now.

I have been spending the day doing unpleasant work as I try to decipher two contrary church regulations in order entertain some disciplanary action, which I profoundly hope will not be necessary. My denomination prides itself in being democratic, which now means that there are so many rules, that even the Byzantines had it more together than we do.

So while I pondered taking a picture of "The Manual", I decided that life offered more - like pretty leaves.