Fall 2010, the end of forest stewardship operations for the winter

When autumn descends on this place, the light and air are different. I always enjoy being outside, getting the place ready for winter.

When the sun hits the big-leaf maple trees deep in the evergreen forest, the golden leaves seem to be brilliantly backlit.

We're done with logging work for the winter. All we have to do until spring is burn piles of slash. And there are many of those, perhaps a hundred or more.