As recently as 5 days ago, there were still leaves attached, albeit not many and these final stages of Fall are worthy of notice.
One tree in particular caught our attention this year:
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The main road through Greenwich is lined with linden trees. I’ve always been interested in them because of their tendency to expose the underside of their leaves which is almost silver in appearance, giving the tree a most unusual look.
As far as I know I’d never seen lindens before and it took me some time to identify them..
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You would think our interest in the lindens would carry through to Fall, but until this year I couldn’t honestly say what particular colour they take in autumn, or at what stage they shed their leaves.
On November 3rd however, when we went shopping, we gasped.
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“What happened to the lindens?!”
They had suddenly and dramatically changed colour, making the reversed leaves stand out even more emphatically.
How had we never seen this before? Does the change happen so abruptly and swiftly that you need to be there on the day or miss it?
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The following day when we came this way again the trees were half naked.
So perhaps it does all happen very quickly for lindens. I’m glad we caught their show at last!
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After a wet November 5th, the clouds broke up just before sunset.
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My iPhone does a better job of capturing rainbows.
And they must be captured!
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Next morning the iPhone caught the misty morning.
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It is a lot lighter to carry around than my camera.
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Misty mornings offer atmospheric images.
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A comedown perhaps from recent bright colours.
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But if Fall continued too long, would it be as special?
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Beauty comes in so many forms.
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Back in Greenwich – yet again!
We do not go shopping every day, but we do seem to come this way a lot!
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It appears, however, that we did go to Hannaford’s that day because this fine tree is in their parking lot.
It would appear that Bradford pears hold on to their foliage till the bitter end.
The dampness of the day brought up the colour a treat.
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I’m in a reflective mood today. I wish that you still lived in England, as I would like to have met you. I have an idea that we could be friends, despite our very different circumstances in life. In short, I am so glad that I found your blog. I can imagine the rest.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thank you, Pete. Yes, I feel the same.