Autumn Streets : Comparing Germany & America in Photos

There’s something about autumn that captivates me.  Here are two pictures taken at approximately the same time of year in two very, very different places.  Both of them are on a return trip from the grocery store – just about two blocks away from my favorite stores.

This one was via bike in Berlin, Germany at the beginning of November.  I tried to balance my bike with maybe 50 pounds of groceries in saddle bags.  It is gray and rainy.  The leaves take forever to slowly turn yellow and fall to the ground.  I think it is beautiful.

This picture is from the United States on a one-way road via car last week.  It’s sunny and warm; I wear sunscreen and have no idea how heavy my groceries are.  I don’t have to be able to lift them all at once.  But any day now, we will get a heavy frost.  The leaves will immediately wilt and fall to the ground.  I think it is beautiful.