When all is done
and all is said,
none can imagine
such a red
as autumn conjures
from summer’s green
in abracadabra
of a Merlin unseen.
More thanks to photographer S.W. Berg
and to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, IN.
Oddments
In search of story
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October 16, 2020 at 11:07 am
The fall colors are still vibrant here, but there are lots more on he ground than in the trees as compared to last week. 🙂 Fall leaf removal does not fall under my list of jobs to do so I am grateful for that. But, don’t ask me about removing them from the beds next spring because I’ll be pretty grumpy about that exercise. 🙂 Happy Friday, Maureen, and may the colors be a beautiful rainbow in your neighborhood to enjoy.
October 16, 2020 at 11:19 am
Thanks, Judy! We have indeed seen a gorgeous autumn rainbow in our trees — it was just getting to its big bloom when yesterday we had a day of cold rain and the leaves came right down with the rain. This morning a freeze. I’m hoping there’s still a bit of the rainbow left. It’s not so much of a rainbow by the time you have to dig them out in the spring! A happy Friday to you too!
October 20, 2020 at 9:27 am
I am a bit vague about the botany but wonder if they are red all along, just hidden under the green.
October 20, 2020 at 11:30 am
That is a most interesting theory: they wear the red as a kind of underwear and disrobe late in the year? That gives autumn quite a different aura.