2010 Fall Fiesta - flowers, fruit, foliage, forms, fun - #

Like many of you, I adore the autumn season. I'm getting a very late start on this year's gallery of seasonal shots, but I'm hoping to finish with a flourish. Stay tuned. This is very much a work in progress.

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Autumn color just beginning to show. Seen from the viewing platform behind the buildings.

Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park,
Grand Rapids, Michigan,
October 2010

D280-2010
Asters in a meadow setting.
October 7, 2010.

D280-2010 Pollination: Late season bee
Asters in a meadow setting...with bee or wasp.
October 7, 2010.

Maize needles against blue sky.

Dawn redwood.
October, 2010.

Waterfall feature. One of several that were designed to simulate natural falls of streams into pools.

Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park,
Grand Rapids, Michigan,
October 2010

Shimmering autumn,

This is another rotated reflection. It embodies so much of the visual pleasures of this season, that looking at it makes me want to run outside, throw my arms wide open, and shout for joy.

Framed by fall...fall leaves and falling water.
October 7, 2010.

More orange than red. Closeup of sugar maple leaves.

Gallup Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 12, 2010

Autumn color just beginning to show. Seen from the viewing platform behind the buildings.

Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park,
Grand Rapids, Michigan,
October 2010