On Snob Hill in St. Louis, autumn’s first leaves stir reluctance, nostalgia, and reflection — from coffee rituals to folklore and fading seasons.
Read MorePhotograph from Wrought, a project by CB Adams that seeks beauty in the weathered, bent, and overlooked. This image circles back — as so many in the series do — to leaves, those emblems of change and inevitability. We must have a thing for them, since they keep appearing in our Life On Snob Hill essays, too. Maybe that’s because fall always reminds us of the fine line between endurance and transience. See more in our blog series, including Leaves Versus Snow, at www.qwerkyphotography.com.