Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season)

I can’t believe we are already headed for autumn. It feels like we just counted down to the descent of the Times Square Ball and the birthing of 2020. This afternoon we went on a leisurely stroll along a paved loop of the Farmington (Connecticut) Reservoir on Route 4 — three-plus miles of spectacular views of the woods and the crystal clear waters they surround. Turning my attention to the upper-reaches of the hills, it dawned on me that the leaf colors were turning already! I can’t but think that while much of this year passed us by as we experienced a horrid pandemic, and at times even witnessed our lives come to a standstill, the world around us went by its business as usual. I couldn’t but find myself humming The Byrd’s famous 60s hit “Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season).” The following scapes reinforce the faith in me that despite this pandemic, life has to go on. And it does, spectacularly so!