Seasons

one of the things i like about this country is that it has seasons. you may want to argue that there are seasons in israel too. we all learned in school that there are 4 seasons - fall, winter, spring and summer. that's a theoretical thing in israel. of course we have summer, and a mild version of winter, but the spring and fall are those 2-day seasons that don't really stay for long. i have so many "transitional season" clothes in my closet, that seemed like a great idea when i got them, but i never get to wear. the seasons are more pronounced here, and look a lot like in our first grade booklets of the seasons... the leaves actually change color and fall in the fall, everything blooms in the spring, it's cold in the winter (is -20C cold enough??) and warm in the summer.
there are some oddities, of course. like thunderstorms and rain -- when are these supposed to come around? you never see a drop of rain in the summer in israel, but here it's the most common thing. and of course, there's hardly any rain here in the winter, cause it's frozen, duh.

one of the things i like most, is to see the same place in different seasons. like the cabin in canada, that seems like it wears a whole different attitude when the winter comes, and puts on it's festival outfit in the fall.
here are a few pictures i took in aspen. they are of the same points, different seasons, and slightly different angle.






the views from ben's old office in ann arbor:


[i need some help with the canadian pictures. can anyone send me pictures of the view from the cabin's deck?]