We had a windstorm yesterday, so these maple leaves from a few days ago have probably blown off the old tree in my neighbor’s yard. A photo captures their incandescent color for us anyway.

Autumn-hued maple leaves in candy colors

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I feel such frustration when the light is good and I can’t go outside and find something glorious in it to photograph. But sometimes gray light has its compensations. This maple tree was in a parking lot.

Fall color comes to some maple leaves

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The leaves are so beautiful now. Even when I can’t take the time to drive around and find scenic vistas like I’d like to, just a quick stroll around the neighborhood shows such brilliance at this time of year.

Autumn color in a laceleaf Japanese maple tree

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Seattle has had a highly unusual weather situation. It’s been foggy for a week! This is what the view from my yard looked like yesterday.

Seattle’s foggy weather from a temperature inversion

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This dew-jeweled spider web was so pretty the other morning. I appreciated the scenic red bush behind it.

Morning dew decorates a spider web in front of a very red bush

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Went outside and even though the weather was cloudy, the colors of the leaves are fabulous. I love the autumn colors so much. I also love this post and am calling it my Best Post of the Week.

Korean dogwood leaves begin to turn color in mid-October

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I took this photo of a red-twig Japanese maple beginning to show fall color a few years ago on this date. As my skills improve (and do you think that the 1,359 photo blog posts and the over five years of photo blogging might have something to do with that?) I find that I can go back to images that were pretty good and with a few subtle tweaks, give me an image I love. I hope you like this one, taken on a Seattle sidewalk.

Autumn turns a green leaf Japanese maple to red, yellow, and orange

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Heart-shaped leaves express how I feel about this season. The light coming through the leaves really makes me happy.

Heart-shaped yellow autumn leaf on a tree lit with sunshine

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Ivy turns the most gorgeous autumn shade of red. This wall not too far from my house has a good display.

English ivy decorates a wall with fall color

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At the Renton (WA) Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday, I was surprised to see these bouquets of dahlias that included intensely fragrant lilies. The ones in my garden have long been finished. I bought some and the entire house is filled with their scent.

Brilliant dahlias and fragrant Oriental lilies in an early October bouquet

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