A perfect fall day calls for a walk around Lady Bird Lake, so on Sunday there I was, at Lou Neff Point, viewing Austin’s mushrooming skyline and the towering Jenga building.

Taking the U-turn trail around Barton Creek, I paused to admire the green spring water and golden needles of a bald cypress.

The historic Lamar Bridge seems to skip across the lake like a tossed stone.

A paddleboat came chugging along, and I wondered for a moment if it would fit under the bridge. It did.

Crossing the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge gave me a closer view of the Jenga tower. A little farther along, a band was playing for passersby.

In the Pfluger Bridge Circle, shadows make a monochromatic garden beneath cyclists’ wheels and joggers’ shoes.

Fall color has started. It seems a little early this year, doesn’t it? Must be thanks to that early frost we had.

Golden needles and blue water

Texas palmetto glows with dappled light beneath a stately bald cypress.

Live a Great Story, friends.

I’m looking forward to the next gorgeous fall day at the lake. #notmissingsummer

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