it's all over

So after all my rambling about the leaves, I walked outside today and realized I can see through the forested park behind my house all the way to the horizon. This is a first; the trees have turned into a bunch of sticks thrust vertically into the ground. It can only mean any redeeming qualities the local nature may have are in hibernation, and I can only look forward to the damp bleakness of the D.C. winter.