They will eat your feet. (Click to enlarge.)
Seriously. They look all pretty and fluffy and innocent -- and mostly dead, too, right? -- but they are like zombie barracudas or something, devouring whole anything that might haplessly wander among them.
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2:00 P.M. AFTERTHOUGHT: Uh, I guess I probably should point out that I am not currently taking medication of any kind.
Thank you for posting leaf pictures! I've had a dose cabin fever these last few days when the weather has been foul, and these have cheered me up no end. :-)
Posted by: The Goldfish | November 10, 2008 at 05:36 PM
no, the leaves are like that! we just don't really get fall leaves here, so it is hard to say much.
Posted by: kathy a. | November 10, 2008 at 08:41 PM
Goldfish: I'm so happy you saw them! I was partly thinking of you when I posted them, especially the first one. :)
Kathy: Thank you for validating my vision. Not everyone recognizes the threat. ;)
Actually, if you want to see fall leaves in Northern California -- though it might be a tad late now -- go visit Fall Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Besides lime kilns, I think it used to be both a quarry and a timber site, but regardless, the guy who owned it missed New England and planted it over afterward with trees that would produce autumn color. It's a lovely place to walk, one of my favorites in the area.
Posted by: Sara | November 11, 2008 at 10:44 AM