I really can’t promise that this leaf is the last one I’ll post here. Actually, I can more easily promise that this is not the last leaf I’ll post here. This just happens to be the last leaf photo that I’ve taken. (As in the most recent. Definitely not the final leaf photo that I expect to be taking.)
Tag: leaves
transplants
Here is a collection of misplaced leaves and flowers that caught my eye over recent years.
A leaf caught in a flower and a ray of sunshine.
A magnolia petal pining for the pines.
An oak leaf hanging out with the big guys and trying to blend in.
This little periwinkle bloom looks right at home in these fronds of hosta.
A cheery maple leaf resting on a subdued bed of ivy.
autumnal odds and ends
These are a few photos I took one afternoon last week while the kids played in the woods by our house. The riotous color of October foliage have given way to the muted browns and grays, with occasional splashes of bright leaves.
Unidentified yellow leaf on a thorny green stem.
Stump with lichen and leaves.
Young maple, stubborn leaves.
(It won’t be long before even these scraps of color will give way to white on white.)
fallen fall leaves
This was a bumper year for caterpillars, and hardly a tree could be seen whose leaves hadn’t been transformed into lacy mesh. (During the summer, when the caterpillar population was highest, word was that you could hear the sound of the munching up in the trees.) This years selection of fallen leaves, therefore, shows more than a hole or two. While perhaps not conventionally picture-perfect, these leaves are photogenic in their own offbeat way.
obligatory fall foliage photos
As if I could let fall pass by without posting some gratuitous leaf shots.
These photos were all from a few weeks ago. Since then, some windy days and nights have cleared the leaves from all but the most stubborn of trees.
remnants of fall
Even though I have mostly moved on from photos of leaves to photos of snow and ice, it is still officially fall for another 8 days. I wasn’t especially thinking of that when I took these photos in the woods behind my house this afternoon. I was just admiring the way the fern leaves curled and contrasted with the sharp straight lines of the pine needles.
The late afternoon sun also cast some crisp sharp shadows on these crisp leaves.
late leaves, early buds
As we head into late November, there are fewer leaves still clinging to their branches. I do enjoy the splashes of color offered by these stubborn holdouts.
While I tend to think of buds as signs of spring, some shrubs form their buds in the fall. These colorful rhododendron leaves and buds caught my eye a few mornings ago as they caught some rays of the morning sun.
scattered leaves
It won’t be long before my photos of leaves will be swapped out for photos of ice and snow. Here’s to enjoying these last splashes of fall color. (Even if most of the fall color is now to be found on the ground.)
orange glow
A few days ago, while waiting for the school bus, I noticed a cluster of oak leaves being illuminated by the low afternoon sun. I was quite pleased that I was able to capture some of their striking orange glow.
(I couldn’t decide which of these 3 I liked best, so I’m just sharing all 3.)
collecting tokens 