Thursday, December 8, 2011

GOING...GOING...GONE

I'm a little late in posting these colors, which are now completely gone. 
However, our autumn was especially long this year, and these leaves looked like this
until just a few days ago; less than two weeks for sure.
I was wishing for cold weather to come, so I took these photos close to home as a
tribute to their staying power, and a hopeful farewell too.


This is a reflection in the pond across the street from our house:

We hardly ever get to see a good sunset from our house. 
When it is there, it is usually the fringe edges of a whisper of color that we see.
However, a sunrise like this is not uncommon, seen here
from my computer window:

Here is a good example of the part of a sunset that we see from our front porch, zoomed in .
The clouds show uncertain weather was approaching:

 And this is the normal front-yard view with the leaves screaming just before they dropped:


A drive up the road a bit offered this end-of-season picture:

2 comments:

pat said...

Love all of these,especially the reflections...I can't even pick a favorite. Wonderful job of documenting the last of the fall colors, and the views you captured are so typically NW. Well worth the wait!

MaryLou said...

Beautifully beyond description, as usual, ML. Each is a prize in itself.