RECOGNIZE

This post was written for Five Minute Friday

Word prompt--RECOGNIZE

Five minutes to free-write about it

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The town I live in has many Maple trees.  A good many of them are on my street, which is called Maple Avenue. Today was a beautiful day, and the fall colors are peaking in my neck of the woods, so I decided to go on a photo shoot on my way home from church.

The maples are a familiar sight, but what I recognized today (only by the colors of their leaves), was that the name of the street notwithstanding, there are several other types of trees that live on Maple Avenue as well. 

I kept pulling over to take pictures, and at several of the stops I made, drivers who didn't recognize that I had pulled over to take pictures thought I was in distress because they saw me get out of my car and start walking around with my cell phone (which is also my camera), and came by to see if I was okay or needed help. 

It felt good to recognize that there are kind and caring people in my neighborhood.

Not only were the trees beautiful, but I recognized that even the leaves that had blown off were creating beauty where they lay on the ground below.

These are a few of my favorite shots (plus a cute mailbox and "Give Thanks" turkey that also caught my sight.