He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.

– J.R.R. Tolkien (from The Fellowship of the Ring)

That man was speaking my mind then.

This tree’s aflame with the colours of autumn on the hiking trail near Obersalzberg/Kehlstein… Autumn can be a perfect season for a hike in the mountains (Oct. 2015)