Evidence of autumn is on Grand Mesa. 
The aspen are turning color, the leaves of the wild strawberry and other plants I can't identify are showing red color on the ground. 

We have been seeing a lot of different mushrooms/fungi in the forested parts of the mesa the last few weeks.  It seems like each time I see some really unique mushrooms, I have left the phone/camera in the truck.  Last week we saw a really interesting one that had a dark red shiny cap which was almost square when you looked down on it.  I am really kicking myself for not pushing Karl to attend the National Forest Service lecture on mushrooms last month...we were on the mesa at the time and could have easily gone.  I had no idea that we would be seeing so many different kinds and would be wishing we knew their names!  Rarely do we see a repeat, the variety is incredible.

Big brown and small white