fall leaves

The color of the fall is in the leaves, even mutted colors have their own appeal. Get out and enjoy the color before it is snowed away!

orchid

We had a lot of flowers at our house a couple weeks ago because my mother-in-law passed away at 85. One of the boquets had a beautiful blue-purple orchid in it. Colors that don't show up together in nature very often. Thus the image above.

frosted dandelion

The snow is falling today, but it wasn't sticking to the streets much. This plant picture was taken earlier in the fall in the mountains. Before the sun hits the leaves there are beautiful ice patterns along the edges. On a recent trip we came over Raton Pass into a bank of fog, as it was lifting we were presented with a gorgeous view of frost covered trees.

last of the morning glories

We have a square in the middle of the circle made by the morning glories. I liked the green X in the middle too. The vine was covered in flowers at summer's end. We've had a hard freeze several days in a row last week; there will be no more morning glories blooming this year. Thats OK, I like the different seasons! We are having nice cool crisp days and the leaves are falling.

cereus flower

The night blooming cereus.

cereus flower

I have a big old cactus thats pretty bland most of the time, except when it blooms. It's a night bloomer that only stays open one night. So I miss it sometimes, but when I do catch it blooming, it's quite the flower. It's about 5 inches of white petals across on a long tube about 7 inches long. Just this delicate flower. I have made several mandala from this flower, but really like this one. It almost looks like clouds this time. I liked the hint of the center square, also.

river water

The angle of the camera to the water was just right to catch the blue, blue of the sky as the water rippled down this mountain stream. The gray patterns in the middle are from a old weathered tree branch on the edge; the moss is on a rock. There were leaves hanging over the water, too. Temperatures are getting cooler down here, we are heading into fall.