Spring extends across a few weeks, from the arrival of the rough-winged swallows, shivering against the cold mornings of mid-April, to the departure of the final stragglers at the end of May, the black-throated blue or Canada warblers who just can't get themselves underway for the final leg of the journey north. Summer is long, usually too long, with the Perseids providing a welcome break during the hot, sleepless nights. And Winter extends itself far beyond any reasonable welcome. ("Reasonable" might be defined as about ten seconds, and yet Winter persists in its delusion that its presence is required for months on end.)
But the height of fall, the most perfect, most spectacular, most welcome time of the year, lasts for only a few glorious days. This is it. This is all there is. Right exactly now.
18 comments:
What incredible colors. Stacy
Those are fabulous pictures. The top one looks like cotton candy!
Oooooooooh, Robin! These photographs are perfection! Thank you so much for posting them. I shall be returning lots, just to look.
Vicky
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Thank you! Sometimes our trees don't turn or loose their leaves. The colors, the layers are glorious and the tension in the second composition is breathtaking. I can hear the wind rustle the leaves.
Down South when our Azaleas bloom in late winter, I get the feeling of right now and drink in the event.
Tess
I love these pictures. Here in Southern California we don't see much in the way of fall color, so I have to enjoy Fall through my friends photos ! Tina http://journals.aol.com/onemoretina/Ridealongwithme
incredible photographs Robin! I am using the first one as my desktop background - I usually have a beach scene ~ it's kinda nice to be seeing the right season : )
Beautiful!!!!!! Oh, most beautiful indeed!!!!!! Thank you for this entry, judi
Beautiful photos indeed. You captured all of Fall's beauty in those.
Its short stay is part of its magic...no? Lisa :-]
So true about the seasons. The ripples around the leaf in the water are amazing. The rest of it just beautiful!
I just love all the Fall colors I'm seeing in pictures throughout journal land...it makes me love Fall a little more...I went for a drive with my husband today and forgot to bring my digital camera---there were so many beautiful potential shots I missed! I love your photography...just beautiful!
Beautiful!!!
Peace, Virginia
These are SO BEAUTIFUL! I'm in awe of your talents as a photographer. The leaf in the water blows me away. Thank you so much for posting them and sharing the beauty.
Judi
Trees - what could be more beautiful then a tree and to lie on the ground looking upward to the very sky, this is what your big tall beautiful tree pictures calls to mind to me. Fall, we have missed fall this year choosing rather to take a summer vacation, having never seen New Mexico and the SW in the summer. Thank you for sharing this glimps of Fall with us.
Marlene-PurelyPoetry
Fabulous photos! And a real treat for me to look at ... no fall foliage here in Florida!
Lisa
http://journals.aol.com/lici/AWritersAngst
For some reason your pics didn't show up for me :(.
Gabreael
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Utterly beautiful! I especially like the one of the trees, looking heavenward.
Judith
Well, it's not Vermont, but 'tis enough, 'twill suffice.
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