Wednesday, August 22, 2007

First Fall Leaf



When the acorns from the oak trees around our house start crashing onto the deck in mid-August, I know autumn is on its way. This morning when I looked out the window there was one (and only one) orange leaf on the vine maple in my garden, another harbinger of fall.

I had a lull in my work schedule today and decided to see if I could capture that first leaf. As usual, it was more difficult than I expected and the color bears little resemblance to the leaf in the photo. Still, I enjoyed the attempt. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow...

1 comment:

Africantapestry and Myfrenchkitchen said...

Lovely pics from your garden and your leaf is truly beautiful..to me it seems as though you've done it with such ease..love the color...I'm alwasy a little sad when those first leaeves start to fall, just until I'm used to the idea of a new season arriving...
I'm actually more saddened by what is going on in our world...referring to your previous post. It is a scary thing having fewer and fewer people reading!
I'm sending you an email tomorrow..
ronell