Tag Archives: autumn

Hints of Colors to Come

In my part of Michigan, the leaves are just beginning to change color on the first day of autumn, hinting at glorious colors to follow.

Matthaei Gardens, Michigan

Grateful for Octobers

I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

Anne of Green Gables, via Lucy Montgomery

Ebb Tide of Autumn

It’s not this time of year in Michigan without bare branches etched against a pale blue sky, and the dormant leaves of November mirrored in chill water.

Newburgh Lake, Michigan

The Tangled Weave of a Michigan Autumn

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.

Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream

kensington park michigan

The Warmth of Autumn’s Sun

Summer in Michigan has faded to a memory, or perhaps the expectation of its return next year, but the autumn sun still has enough warmth to beckon you to local trails.

Photo Challenge: Autumn’s Golds are Fleeting

Alas, Autumn’s golds are fleeting and too soon faded and fallen. But, we are promised the return of the greens of Spring.

I had the whole sky in my eyes and it was blue and gold.
Albert Camus

Photo Challenge: Temporary

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Too Short a Date

To paraphrase the Bard, the Autumn of 2017 came with a lease that had too short a date. Colors were muted and leaves fell early, leaving Michiganders (yep, that’s a word) yearning for the kaleidoscope of oranges, gold, and reds that we are used to.

So, in memory of prior autumns…

Traces of Autumn

The first traces of autumn have arrived in Michigan, as the early wisps of yellow mingle with summer’s greens.

Photo Challenge, Waiting for Autumn: Monet and Me

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

Claude Monet

I’m not Monet by any means, but he is an inspiration for my photography. I just try to convey, through light, my feeling for places in Nature. This being the locale for my walk yesterday as summer begins to bid a long farewell to Michigan. We are waiting for autumn.

Photo Challenge: Waiting

Fleming Creek, Michigan, as summer wanes

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating!

I did not know until a few days ago that Thanksgiving as a national holiday in the U.S. originated through the persuasive efforts of an early American feminist (and author of the children’s song, “Mary Had a Little Lamb”) During the Civil War, she convinced Abraham Lincoln to proclaim the customary holiday as a national day of Thanksgiving in the midst of those great trials. And so we celebrate it today.