The temperatures are falling, the leaves are changing and once again Alaska is getting ready to take on its long winter nap. Fall is one of my favorite times of year because mother nature recreates her own portrait but this time, unlike in the spring, it is all in this brilliant earth tones. Reds, oranges, and yellows turn the mountains, valleys and plains into vivid displays that look as if they are ablaze with this new coloring.  It is like Mother Nature decides to gear us up for the cold winter to come. The cooler temperatures and comforting array of warm colors encourage us to bundle up and get ready for the long cold colorless nights of the winter to come. I have to say that I actually  love each season, when it comes upon me , only because I love that one constant that life always gives us... change.