Autumn’s Beauty

^{In honour of Monday’s new theme, Something Beautiful, I celebrate autumn colours. The leaves will soon be done, but I still will celebrate the visual joy I’ve experienced this fall.}

^{As much as I love the flowers and blossoms of spring that are harbingers of warmer days to come, I love equally, the autumn colours; the leaves of red and gold that blanket the earth in their brilliant finery.}

^{Maple trees now stand in pools of red, their leaves, like blood, having dripped to the ground.}

        

^{While some trees discard their autumn leaves on nature’s floor this vine hangs them on an arborial clothesline. Horizontal ….} 

      

^{and Vertical…}

        

^{Oak trees, their big leaves that offered shade from the sun during the summer, now lie bronze and golden, a testament to nature’s alchemy.}

  

^{And then there are pumpkins. Oh, how I love pumpkins! And even though the pumpkin season has now past, my love for them compels me to include them. For years I have driven by the fields of pumpkins wishing I could stop. Well, this year, now owning a car, I went out one afternoon to take pictures. Even though I had already purchased a pumpkin, I bought two more. Well, three really, I was on my way to visit some friends that evening and instead of a bouquet of flowers as a hostess gift, I gave them a sugar pumpkin, perfect for pies.}

                                 

^{Mom just shook her head when I brought two more pumpkins home.  Pies and baking will be the result, which she certainly won’t complain about.} 

^{The autumn winds have arrived and branches are quickly being stripped of their colourful glory. They all will soon lie rotting, giving nourishment to the earth.}

^{Rainy winter days have arrived and soon all the branches will be bare, ready for spring’s greenery once again.}  

^{Did you visit the pumpkin fields or go for walks in the fallen leaves? What is your favourite part of autumn? Leave me a comment and tell me.}