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In Awe of Mother Nature
Posted by Raven on October 1st, 2007
No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face.
~John Donne
I went out for a run around my property late this afternoon and got a couple cool pictures.
A bunch of ferns and pine trees on the edge of my land-in the deep woods- this scene was pretty green until recently.
…and the river, raging wild and natural- this is about a half a mile from my house- it turns into a smaller brook:
I love autumn in my area. It’s refreshing, colorful and crisp. Right now the colors are really starting to ripen and I could spend endless hours outside just looking and peeking and being in total awe of Mother Nature.
This time of year brings out the weirdo in me- I purchase dozens of bags of this stuff. It goes into one of those really small crock pots, with apple cidar and what an experience- the scent of fall lasts all day with no effort.
October 1st, 2007 at 8:33 pm
While the colors are truly beautiful, the botanist in me is reminded that they are caused by the breakdown of chlorophyll — which happens only when the leaves are exposed to temperatures below freezing at night.
Brrrrrrrrr!!!
Meanwhile, it’s still 85 degrees in South Texas today. lovely pictures, though, Raven. Thanks for that.
~~JD~~
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:55 am
Thank you for sharing these pictures. Another favorite stop of mine had THIS LINK I think you’ll like it.
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:47 am
The leaves here in the D.C. area have just started turning.
But due to the drought, this autumn may not be as colorful as usual. Some of the trees have already gone brown, without any colorful changes.
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:47 am
It’s beautiful up here…not every night is below freezing though JD…hardly. Last night was quite nice actually- in the 50’s and humid. LOL
There is a lot of GREEN still around. I live next to a river so it’s more colorful on my 8 acres of wooded land.
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Reminds me of the 3 mile bridge area of the Wilderness trail.