The past few days have been very very wet and at times windy. Perhaps it just feels particularly miserable after the great summer weather we have been enjoying until last week.
Leaves are being stripped from many of the trees in our woodland before they have had chance to change to their autumnal hues….so both in the hope that once the sun returns we will still be able to enjoy that autumn glow, and also to cheer us up during such a dull grey spell, here is an image from this time last year…..a reminder of what we could and hopefully will get very soon…..
Image taken at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire
A word of warning……On this mornings walk I met an old ‘Countryman’ I have known for a good number of years. He is a man of the outdoors and over the years has shunned official forecasts, relying on his own observations to which he adds just a little ‘folklore’. To date he has usually shown a incredible knack of getting it right.
His comment today was that the leaves have suffered this year with lack of moisture, too many have dried on the branch yet still retained much of their colour and can only, for the most part, fall and decay on the floor…no golden glow this year! I hope for once he is mistaken.
22nd October
© David Oakes 2013
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Such gorgeous color amidst beautiful light! Lovely capture David!
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One of those magic days!
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Fabulous photo, David. I hope he’s wrong, but he sound like a very interesting person to talk to. 🙂
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I have known him for years and always leave a conversation with him learning something new
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It’s beginning to look like your man’s prediction here.
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IF we don’t get a golden autumn it will make the winter seem much longer.
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I don’t think that this is possible. Winter can’t seem any longer than last year surely.
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It is interesting for me… I love red leaves… how beautiful autumn colours. Thank you dear David, love, nia
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Beautiful image. At least you will have that to enjoy if you don’t get your wish for more color this year. The trees here got stressed by the long hot summer too.
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striking colour David – I guess like me you dont enjoy the clocks changing – good for lazy boy sunrises but not much else.
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I hate it…but it has to be endured. Though when lived at Monifieth we were glad of the change to winter time. Down here in England frankly we could do without the hassle….but as you say all the better for the early morning shots without the early mornings!.
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