And the Rain Gives Way to Sunshine

If only for a brief time, the rain has subsided, the clouds have moved off, and the sun shines down through a deep blue sky. Autumn has progressed to a point of deeper colors but the show is far from over. Many trees are just beginning to show signs of their color change and others have yet to start.

Textures and Colors

Deep blue sky highlights these sunlit leaves.

Autumn in the Air

Autumn is in the air. Overnight low temps dipped into the upper 40s; chilly but not yet cold enough to freeze water. The resulting dew on the leaves coupled with the low-angle sunlight streaming through the crystal clear morning sky provided the elements for this pretty picture. The warm sunshine on my face in the chill morning air awakens my mind as no cup of coffee ever could; the physical effort of the walk awakens my body to the coming day.

Remnants of a Colorful Autumn

Amid the snow and ice remain a few splashes of color, holdouts from the autumn that wouldn't let go.


Tiny ice crystals adorn these tiny red leaves, gently illuminated by the rising sun.
No, this picture is not sideways - the plant was leaning.


A pair of yellow leaves battered but still clinging to their mother branch.

After the Fall

It's still officially Autumn but already the snow from the first winter storm of the season is melting away. A winged seed pod still hangs from a Japanese Maple tree that only a few weeks ago was in the midst of a spectacular color show.


Trapped beneath the ice crust on a frozen puddle, a fallen maple leaf peers up at the rising sunlight.

Late Fall

Autumn will soon give way to winter. The last of the intensely colored leaves, still clinging to their branches against a backdrop of dimly lit piles of color on the ground.


A few leaves shone brightly in a beam of sunlight filtering through breaks in the passing storm clouds.













Some leaves still remain on the Japanese Maple trees.


Blue sky is revealed, however briefly, between storms. Large maples still holding most of their leaves, now illuminated in their bright yellow-orange hues.


Even the shrubs put on a display.


Firewood stacked for the coming winter.




Fallen leaves are still very pretty.


Tiny mushrooms grow from garden debris as it is consumed by the flames.

More Fall Colors

Day dawns foggy. Brightly colored trees stand in sharp contrast to the dreary morning.




Later in the morning, along the river, the fog lifts.



In the full sun of the afternoon, the intentsity of the colors is striking.

Fall Colors

Autumn puts on a spectacular show. As the temperatures drop, the leaves begin to change. The color and intensity varies from year to year but it's always beautiful. Ordinarily I don't post this many frames in a single posting but I just couldn't omit any of these.