Just out of view, to the left, is the oldest home in Chicago, the Clarke House. Fall has arrived and tinted the trees. I've been looking forward to this moment for weeks. I was out with the Plein Air Painters of Chicago when these four flaming reds along Indiana Ave caought my eye and insisted on being painted. Just out of frame and across the street on the right is the former Mayor of Chicago, Richard Daley's home. Sometimes its all about what one leaves out of the painting to reach tranquility.