“The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold.”
~Johnny Mercer
“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love—that makes life and nature harmonize.”
~ George Eliot
“Spades take up leaves / No better than spoons, / And bags full of leaves / Are light as balloons. / I make a great noise / Of rustling all day / Like rabbit and deer / Running away.”
~Robert Frost
Thank you for posting!
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Thanks so much, Melted. 😊
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No words. Just in awe. 🙂
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Thanks, Andrew. We are on the same wavelength. Glad you like them. 🍁
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We are indeed. They are beautiful. My leaf journey is continuing as you will see.
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Wow!♥️😍
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Thanks, Tanisha! 😊
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Great quote and beautiful pictures.
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I’m happy you like them, Molly. Thanks so much.🍁
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Only you could create such a great post featuring these lovely golden leaves.
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Thanks so much, Amanda. Glad you enjoyed it – such fun to compose. This post really caught on. 🍁🍁🍁😊
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Incredible
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Thank you, ltz. 🍁
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Wonderful pictures. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks very much, Xchibz. 🍁
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Beautiful❤️
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Thanks very much, Shaheen. 🍁
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These are beautiful!!
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Thanks so much, Liefs.🍁
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Marvelous collection here celebrates the crisp autumn I love! Thank you, Jane… and the Eliot quote was spot on.
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I’m so glad you like these, Gunta. I love to study these autumn close-ups. Thanks very much.🍁
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Wow these are beautiful :0
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Thanks so much, Audrey. 😊🍁
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Another beautiful series, Jane, the final sights of a wonderful autumn…it is always a bit sad to watch it leave 🙂 All photos catch the spirit of this time of year, and especially like “Be Yourself” ~ it is a good thought to have as winter is just around the corner. Cheers to a great final month of this strange, unforgettable year 🙂
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Hi Randall, Thanks very much.
Agree, a bit melancholy to see the season change although it’s happening a bit more slowly in SoCal. Glad you enjoyed these small scenes. We are all just hanging on like the last of the autumn leaves. 🍁
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Beautiful pictures!
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Thanks, intentionalliving.😊🍁
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Beautiful Collection!
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Thanks so much, Kriti! 🍁
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These photos are amazing!
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Thanks so much, 3yellowdaisies!
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Pleasure was all mine! 😊
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Those pictures are beautiful. Nice autumn for you in California, right? Regards from Prambanan Jogjakarta. It’s a rainy season here. And we’re still at home on this pandemic. So fresh to see colorful leaves.
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Hi Martan, Very glad you enjoyed these. A nice autumn but we, too, are staying close to home due to the pandemic. Thank you for your visit here. 🍁😊
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Such lovely photography!
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I’m glad you enjoyed them, Wind and the Waves. Thanks so much. 🍁
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Nice
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Thank you, Victoria. 😊
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Such a beautiful collection ❤️
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Thank you, Mistakesmakeyouclean. Glad you enjoyed. 🧡
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Nice. Which country is this? 🙂
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Thank you, Dragon. This was shot in the US in California.
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Just stunning. Love the quotes as well. Autumn lives in the human spirit.
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Thanks very much, Novel. Appreciate your visit and I agree about Autumn.
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Wonderful quotes and images! I understand the effort involved in these compositions … to find and frame!
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Thanks, Denise. I appreciate that! You know. 😉
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Thanks for sharing!
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I love the way you took a simple subject and stuck with it, Jane. The progression of the series is very nice, and the titles add a bigger context. If I had to choose favorites it would be the first and third. But they work as a group, all together, and of only our country could do that a little better, too. 🙂
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Thanks, Lynn. I sure got lost in these leaf studies. Happy you liked the metaphors. Hope all is well in your world. 🍁🧡
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Crazy times, Jane. But we’re hangin’ in. 🙂
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The environment is not something around us.
It is us.
What a self centered notion when we ‘think’ of it…
Thanks for this reminder.
Have a great day
Franck
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Thank so much, Franck. Glad you enjoyed these autumn moments. 🍁
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Wow
So beautiful
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Thank you, Luchynwanma. Much appreciated. 🍁
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Woow, that’s a nice click !!
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Thanks so much, MA!
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Beautiful
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Thanks, Astha. 🍁
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Thanks for sharing!
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beautiful
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Thanks so much, Elena. 🍁
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Great capturing of essence of autumn !!!
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Thanks very much, YC! Had fun shooting these. 🍁
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Just beautiful!
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Thanks, MB. Found these small scenes meditative to photograph. Glad you like them. 🍁
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I can hear the crunch of footsteps walking on those piles of leaves.🙂 We had such a long, perfect autumn and it looks like you did, too.
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Thanks, Julie. Glad these evoke the feeling of walking in the leaves. Our autumn really just started here in Pasadena with a beautiful turn of the leaves. Appreciate your visit!
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These are beautiful! 🍁 🍃
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Thank you, Caysirae. 🙂 🍁
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Of course, you are very talented! Looking forward to seeing more of your photography 🙂
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Very nice pictures of my favorite season!
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Thanks so much, Shirley. Glad you like them! 🍁
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have to love the one red leaf amongst all the yellow!
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Thanks, Andy. I searched for the red ones! Glad you like them. 🍁
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I think you may have channeled an old post from 2014, lol. 🙂
https://hiddenlens.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/leaves/
Are you still on fire watch? I read how SoCal Edison turned off the power just in case the Santa Anas blew too hard.
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I guess I did, David! Nice shots. No, thankfully the winds died down and it was a non-event. Phew.
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This is a soothing post. Thanks.
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Thanks, Janie. It was soothing to photograph them. 🍁
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This is a fun collection with great captions, Jane.
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Thanks, Ellen. Had fun with the captions…glad you like them. 🙂
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Oh wow, spectacular golden tonality, texture and composition. Bold and Beautiful is my fav!
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Thanks so much, Sam. I was amazed by all of those things once I started getting close to see all the patterns and contrasts of colors. Glad you enjoyed.
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Gorgeous, Jane! I love photographing fallen leaves!
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Thanks, Terri! They suddenly popped in Pasadena after a cold snap. Glad you enjoyed. (Good luck with your move!)
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lovely autumnal palette
✨☀️🙏🕉️♾️☮️🙏☀️✨
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Thank you, Graham. I bet you’ve done leaves with your technique before. 🙂
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Hi Jane, I was quite pleased with the end result of this leaf-based one:
https://mandalavihara.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/mandala-164-mothmen-peer-into-the-abyss/
🙏✨
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Love it! Thanks for the link. 🙂
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Always delightful beautiful compositions and colours Jane ~ sending you joy hedy ☺️💫
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Happy you enjoyed these small scenes, Hedy. Sending you some joy right back. Thanks! 🍁
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These are such stylish leaves (I love the green one too though!) and beautifully framed. Are they the leaves of the liquid amber? I enjoyed the captions too. And Johnny Mercer’s ‘Autumn Leaves’ truly is evergreen 🙂
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Thanks, Carol. It’s fun to zero in on different leaves- each with their own personality. Hope you left humming his timeless tune. 🍁
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You really captured fall with these leaves. Wonderful!
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Thanks, David. It was fun to compose these small scenes on my morning walk. Glad you enjoyed. 🍁
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Beautiful. Amber 🙏❤
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Thank you so much, Amber. (Glad to know your name) Jane 🍁
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I like how the orange and warm colors in the leaves images led us into the pop with “It ain’t easy being green” – it had an effect 🙂
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Thank you, Yvette. Glad you saw the humor in the little green lone guy. 🙂 Appreciate you stopping by. 🍁
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🙂
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Super, as always! Bravo, Jane!!! And thank you! 🙂
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Thanks, Fabio! Glad you enjoyed this small autumn scenes. 🙂
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Super in all aspects, Jane! Have a good week, my friend! 🙂
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The beauty is being hold by the amazing photographer, Jane you
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You are very kind, Cornelia. I really appreciate it- thanks so much. 🙂
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The leaves are just gorgeous Jane! Here we are slowly entering winter, with a chilly 15F at the moment.
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Thanks, Maria. Brrr! Stay warm and take care. Hope you’re enjoying your new home.
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Thank you!
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Beautifully composed shots, Jane, but the one titled “Collective spirit” really has captured my imagination!
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Thanks very much, Dries. I thought that was a cool shot. Glad you enjoyed!
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Very beautiful photos Jane. I like fall through your lens.
Alison
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So nice to read, Alison. Thanks! 🧡🍁😊
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SImple words and beautiful images. You have captured the season with excellence and elegance! PS … sent you an email.
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Thank you, Frank! 🍁😊
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Wonderful fall captures, Jane!
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Thank you, Belinda! 🍁
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Love the images. Love the quotes. Love the post. 🙂
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I’m so glad, Steve. Thanks very much. 😊🍁
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Perfect !
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Thanks, Bruce! 🍁
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truly beautiful examples of autumn.
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I’m glad you enjoyed these, Jude. Thank you so much.
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Love the poem, and Bright and Beautiful grabbed me, but I could be seduced by any of the others. 🙂 🙂
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I’m so glad you enjoyed these, Jo. Thanks very much. 😊🍁🍁
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Beautiful images Jane 🙂
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Thanks, Joe. We’re both in autumn mode. 😉🍁
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Every photo a joy to behold.
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Thank you, Paula. That means a lot.
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Beautiful images, Jane. I love that old Johnny Mercer song too. 😃
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Thanks, Sylvia. Have been singing it today. 🙂
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A lovely stillness to these shots, Jane. Rest and dormancy. ❤
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Thanks, Eliza. They were calming to photograph.
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Beautiful collection, so vibrant and lovely fall colors!
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Glad you like these autumn moments, Angela. Thanks! 🍁
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Fall’s beauty truly shines through your marvellous photos. And the quotes describe this colourful season so well, Jane.
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Hi Peter, I was so taken with the dew and leaves carpeting the ground. Nature’s small wonders. Glad you like the quotes as well. Thanks very much.
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Your post leaves a good impression of fall foliage.
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Thank you, Steve. Glad you’re impressed. 😄🍁🍁
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Beautiful photos! Autumn is just an incredible season!
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Thanks very much, Digital Wonders. Agree, it is a most beautiful time of the year! 🍁
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Oh those piles of colorful leaves take me back to a childhood spent raking them into the highest pile only to jump into them and scatter them everywhere!
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Hi Linda, Yes! They do bring back those fun childhood memories being covered in leaves. So glad these brought those days back to you. Thanks! 🍁🍁🍁
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Beautiful
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Thank you so much, Athira. Glad you enjoyed.
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Always welcome Jane..Yes I really enjoyed
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Wow !
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Glad you enjoyed, Picpholio. Thanks so much. 🍁
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