autumn magic

lately, there is a fleeting moment in the late afternoon that has me spellbound with its light.

i finally captured it the other day so i may conjoure up this magic at will.

this autumnal time of year pulls me back into the kitchen and encourages me

to bake.  i made these little cinnamon sugar coated maple apple cakes to satisfy

that autumn need for spice and apple.  

some of the first trees to change their color around here are the cottonwoods.  

they create spots of gold here

and there among their grand branches and then drop them for passersby to collect, 

like me.