Have you ever wandered into a forest canopy after an early September rain and had the sensation you had entered a fairytale you never wanted to leave? Thomas D. Mangelsen brings us into the sights and fall fragrances of wet fallen leaves of a western aspen grove. Sunlight catalyzes golden leaves and arboreal trunks that soothe our thoughts as if to say, “Ah yes, autumn in the West. Is there a better season to be alive?”