Hello, November
Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day;
Every leaf speaks to me
Fluttering from the autumn tree.
~ Emily Bronte (source)
Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper),
09 October 2018, Cambie neighbourhood
Parthenocissus tricuspidata (Boston ivy),
11 October 2018, City Square Park
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper),
15 October 2018, Cambie neighbourhood
Autumn colour palette: copper, bronze, gold, saffron
“Just before the death of flowers,
And before they are buried in snow,
There comes a festival season
When nature is all aglow.”
- Author Unknown
Photographed in the Cambie Neighbourhood, 09 October 2018.
Hydrangeas, mid-October
“I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its tone is mellower, its colours are richer, and it is tinged with a little sorrow. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life. ”|
~ Lin Yutang
Precious autumnal sunshine
"I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house."
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Burning Bright
"October is the month of painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes round the world. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight"
~ Henry David Thoreau
Maple trees glowing against the late afternoon sky, October 1, 2018.