Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.
William Cullen Bryant
Fall in New England.
It conjures images of reds and golds, vibrant and rich. Bright trees against an azure sky. Walking through crunchy, colourful leaves.
I have watched the leaves turn. Amazed by the colours, from the prettiest of pinks to the brightest of golds to the richest of reds.
As we move inexorably toward winter, I have clung to these crisp, blue sky days. Revelling in the colours, the ever changing backdrop to my walks. Loving the quality of the light, streaming through branches, making leaves glow.
Soon, those leaves will be gone. The raking and bagging will be done. I will see stark, skeletal branches against grey skies. Winter will strengthen it’s grip. I will smell snow in the air.
For now, I will wrap up; gloves and hats and scarves; and let the last of the colour warm me.
Winter will be here soon enough, I will not wish away the last of these Autumn days.
This is my post for Day Three, the final day of the wonderful One Week [Autumn 2013] over at Older Mum in a Muddle.
Also linking with:
The Gallery where the theme from Tara for this week is: Nature.
The wonderful Annie at Mammasaurus for How does your garden grow?
[Regular readers will recognise some of the photos this week. As the last of the leaves fall, I took the opportunity to look back and choose my favourite autumn photographs for #OneWeek. I am still in denial, at least for another week, that winter is well and truly on it’s way! I suspect that this will be my last truly colourful post for some time, so enjoy :) ]
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Fabulous photos Sara. I especially love that first one especially seeing as its really quite horrible here today. Cold and rain just been replaced with hail!!! Just love the colours against that bright blue sky :)
Thank you Charly, it’s getting pretty chilly here too, but not too wet yet :)
Our Fall really is spectacular isn’t it. Our leaves are all gone now so it’s lovely to look at your beautiful photos this morning :-)
Ours are just about gone too. These are my favourites from over autumn, I like to look back through them too :)
Stunningly beautiful. Perhaps a reminder to cherish that last smile and notice it in the present.
Thank you very much x I think you’re absolutely right!
I love these photos, they capture all the beautiful colours of autumn, a really warming post x
Thank you xx
New England Autumns are famous but I’ve never seen one in the flesh… maybe I will one day but in the mean time, fabulous photos like these fill the gap!
Thank you very much. The trees have really been quite incredible x
WOW…I adore these photos..They capture every single autumn colour. It is like autumn heaven
Boo Kitty Boo XXX
Thank you! That’s a lovely comment :)
I love the reds
They’re beautiful aren’t they?
I have always wanted to go to Boston to see the fall colours. Your photos are glorious against that blue sky.
Thank you – it has been a wonderful autumn x
Looks to me like you have been having a pretty damn good autumn – all those colours are so gorgeous. Over here, it’s suddenly taken a turn for the very cold – winter is here! Thank you so much for joining in #oneweek, and all three days, what a stalwart! X
Thank you, it has been lovely. It is definitely taking a turn toward cold here now though! Thanks for hosting, I’ve loved joining in – glad I remembered this time :)
Color is what Autumn is all about! love your photos #oneweek
Thank you – the colours have been amazing!
No wonder they saw you need to go to Boston in the fall – stunning colours x
Thanks – it is definitely worth a visit :)
lovely post and beautiful pics. Definitely starting to feel like winter here though!
Oh, the temperature has dropped here over the last week, but we’ve still been lucky with mainly blue skies :) Thank you!
Autumn is a great season for showing off photography. These photos are remarkable – really lovely colours – beautiful. xx
Thank you!
Absolutely stunning pictures. Autumnal colours look so much better on a deep blue sky background!
They really do – we’ve been very lucky!
Fabulous collection of autumn colours! Really beautiful. Keeps you going doesn’t it, as winter creeps in. It’s properly stomping about now though! x
Thank you! It is keeping me going, I am in denial about the horrible drop in temperature that we’re seeing!
Beautiful colours :) The blue in the skies is stunning. I am struggling with the cold here in Scotland too, it seems to have got into my bones this year and I am permanantly tinkering with the heating or putting on another jumper. x
Thank you! I am not good with the cold! Not looking forward to winter – last year we had a lot of snow…
I would love to see New England in the Fall and your images are certainly making me want to go! Lovely.
Thank you Iona x It has been beautiful.
What lovely bright colours the autumn leaves provide. I love these images, particularly the one looking up through the leaves and berries.
Thank you – I have been truly spoilt by all the wonderful photo ops!
Amazing pictures, leaves nearly all gone here now *stifles sob* and your lovely photos make me remember what is so great about autumn…love the gold on the blue skies!
Thank you :) All the leaves are pretty much gone here too – next week I will post lots of pictures of bare branches!
Gorgeous gorgeous pictures! Enjoy, we are well on the way to our “white” period here in Bavaria! :D
Thank you! It feels horribly like it may snow here too… I really hope not :)
Having seen how many leaves you have had to seep up I can’t help but feel a bit sorry for you every time I see a bare tree in your photos!
So sad knowing the colours will soon be gone – roll on Spring ;)
Thanks for joining in again sweet cheeks x
Our garden is COVERED again! But, all the leaves are nearly gone from the trees, so soon it will all be done :(
Thanks for hosting x
so beautiful Sara. nothing beats a fall sky against colored leaves…
Thank you Claudia, it has been absolutely beautiful. I’m sad to see the end of it.
ahh how I’ve missed your glorious New England pictures Sara, they are magnificent and really do lift my spirits. Sorry I’ve been missing for a bit, but thankfully all bugs and sickness have been banished, so I’ll get caught up properly xxx
aah, how I have missed your New England pictures Sara, these are magnificent and truly lift my spirits. Sorry I’ve been missing for a bit, but all bugs and sickness has been banished and I’ll get caught up properly now xxx
hahaha I may have just commented loads! It didn’t tell me that it had gone through :)
Ah, yes, my over zealous spam filter :) And I just saw your name without reading the comments and approved them! Ah, well – never mind! So good to see you back. I’m glad the photos made you smile, the leaves are just about gone now, so the colourful posts will stop :( I’ll just have to post the odd reminder of autumn xx
beautiful colours again, so lovely against the bright blue sky x
Thank you – we’ve been very lucky with our backdrop :)
You always pick up such lovely colours in your photos! So pretty!
Thank you – I have been spoiled for choice x
Gosh that’s quite simply stunning x
Thank you Helen, autumn has been beautiful xx
What a lovely collage of trees and colours! They would make a gorgeous print!
Oh, I hadn’t thought of that, what a lovely idea :) Thank you x
I think I am in denial as well. It is my favorite season, but it seems to be the shortest. I was sad this week since most of the leaves have fallen – but I still got pinged again by another walnut this time to the head – ha!
Oh no, those pesky walnuts :) The acorns were also accurate! It’s wet and miserable today, I think we can safely say winter is on it’s way… Autumn is too short x
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Breathtaking photos! What a contrast between the blue sky and the rich, vibrant colours.
I think winter has now arrived here, I miss autumn already. xx
Thank you x It’s wet and miserable today, I’m definitely missing autumn :)
What an absolutely lovely, lovely, lovely post. Beautiful words and pictures. I love fall in New England, it has been many many years since I enjoyed it there but it really is a sight to behold, thank you for sharing x
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Beautiful colours. Can’t beat the hues of autumn against a blue sky! I have been to Boston a few times over the years and love all the green there x
Boston is beautiful, so green and full of trees – Fall has been stunning!