Autumn Leaves

Post by **Horus** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:17 pm

Once again I have my little walking buddy staying with me and although it was an awful day weather-wise here in the UK, he does not seem to notice and insisted that we went out for a walk.

As it was Autumn I thought that a few pictures of the trees might be a good idea and the leaves do seem to be especially colourful this year.

Post by **Jayway** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:28 pm

HORUS - they are absolutely beautiful photos - makes me wish I was there - -

Post by **jewel** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:52 pm

Lovely photos H.......I love the tree colours when they change subtly to yellow/green through to red orange and then brown........so beautiful and uplifting

please do post more

Post by **Horus** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:43 pm

Thank you both

Post by **Goddess** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:20 pm

Beautiful photies H. That's a lovely lake, reservoir, pond, pool whatever. Beautiful colours. Do trees change colour here? Seems to be dusty grey leaves or bare twigs most of the time.
(yup - homesick!)

Post by **JOJO** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:24 pm

Beautiful photos Horus but if truth be told I'm fed up of trampling through leaves- they are about 4 inches thick outside our front door and guess who went skidding through chuffing doggie doodle yesterday

Post by **Horus** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:11 pm

guess who went skidding through chuffing doggie doodle yesterday

Trust you to lower the tone of my very upmarket thread down to the level of dog Poo, but I would have loved to have taken a picture of that

Post by **Christine** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:19 pm

Simply beautifull H , do keep em coming, i find so much of your photography so restfull

Post by **Wendy clark** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:52 pm

Lovely Horus what a beautiful part of the country you live in

Post by **jewel** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:15 pm

On the subject of autumn leaves, and being mindful of the upcoming "bonfire" season, just a caution to inspect leaves before gathering/sweeping them up, as there may be creatures taking shelter there - hedgehogs for example, and the other day we found a small frog sheltering in a pile of leaves in the garden, so try not to be too "tidy" and help wildlife

Post by **Kiya** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:25 pm

Horus lovely colourful pictures

...........is that halloween masks I see on the tree in the 3rd pic

Post by **Horus** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:08 am

Kiya wrote:Horus lovely colourful pictures ...........is that halloween masks I see on the tree in the 3rd pic

They do look a bit creepy don't they? that is why I took that particular picture, of course they are just old gnarled tree trunks, but it is sometimes a bit creepy when you are walking alone through some of these old woods

And thanks to you all for your kind comments and as many of you have said, some of the local countryside is quite beautiful, although it appears that posting these pictures may not be everyones cup of tea.

Post by **sue** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:49 pm

They are lovely Horus, I was admiring my Acer in the garden yesterday and thought I would love to get a picture of it, well the wind blew a hoolie around the garden for a few minutes and when I looked again it was almost bare. Nevermind, have to find some other ones instead.

Post by **Horus** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:08 pm

Sue, saying as the leaves fell off your Acer before you took a picture, here is one in my garden.

This variety has the Latin name Acer Palmatum which I suppose is a reference to the palm or hand like structure of the leaves, but I always like to think that mine is an Acer Palm-Atum, or the hand of the god Atum

Post by **Christine** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:15 pm

Exactly the same as mine H, and do i spy some healthy looking Hosta's in front of it

Post by **jewel** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:30 pm

The growths on the trees are interesting, not sure what type of tree it is but they often get malignant growths from ray damage or viruses or fungi. I really love old oak trees they have a really good energy about them

This is one by the lake

Here are some leaves on the path to the lake- just waiting to be tramped through!!

(just a kid at heart)

Post by **Horus** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:38 pm

Christine wrote:Exactly the same as mine H, and do i spy some healthy looking Hosta's in front of it

Yes you did Christine

they are Mrs H's pride and joy she has about 6 or more. They are now twice as big as in this picture taken a couple of years ago, this area is usually quite a shaded part of the garden, but here it looks quite sunny, you can see tha Acer on the left

Very nice pictures Jewel

I love the old gnarled texture that you find on some trees.

Post by **Christine** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:50 pm

Mmm the hosta's are lovely i had 3 monsters some tie ago by our little pond, but when the pond got filled in the hosta's moved house to my sisters, they are still growing i do believe, lovely look to the leaf of a healthy hosta, and yes i spied the Acer in the corner there.

@ Jewel nice photo's

the second one speaks of solitude, the first of aging splendidly

Post by **Countessa** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:22 am

Ahhh, beautiful photos Horus and Jewel.

I really, really, really miss the changing of the seasons, it's just so beautiful, and I swear I can smell the autumn smokiness just by looking at those pics!

What I'd give for some proper weather and colour!

Edited to add: is that a Westie I spy, Horus? I used to have one when I was little - spirited little creatures aren't they?!

Post by **Horus** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:38 pm

Countessa asked:

is that a Westie I spy, Horus? I used to have one when I was little - spirited little creatures aren't they?!

You spy correctly,

his name is Max and he is about 10 years old, he really belongs to my son who agrees he is spirited, but he has a lovely mellow personality. He often stays with us so he gets to go out with me quite a lot, this picture was taken about 2 hours ago and you can see he likes water and mud!