Golden Grove Mary Jane Thurston State Park was nearly deserted on this weekday morning in early November. A grove of maple trees still had enough leaves to be interesting. If you look closely, you can see the blurs of a few of them tumbling through the air. Grand Rapids, Ohio.

Images of everything associated with the season.

Note added March 1, 2009: Once each fall season is long gone and interest has waned, I will move images of certain subjects to more specialized galleries. For example, pictures of fruit, nuts, berries, and some of the details of foliage.

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Maple leaves against the sky. Although the leaves strongly resemble Sweet Gum, the winged seedpods identify this as a maple, possibly some kind of ornamental Japanese maple.

Dogwood leaves.

Missouri, October, 2008

Afternoon delight.

Halloween day at Gallup Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan

At water's edge.

When I looked closely at this picture, I was surprised at how many different trees and shrubs were represented among the collected leaves.

Catchment.

In the river shallows, protected from wave action by fallen tree limbs, all manner of trash and treasure collects.

Catchment, part 2.

The same area of collection, but just a different part of it.

Golden Grove

Mary Jane Thurston State Park was nearly deserted on this weekday morning in early November. A grove of maple trees still had enough leaves to be interesting. If you look closely, you can see the blurs of a few of them tumbling through the air.

Grand Rapids, Ohio.

Maple leaves at Mary Jane Thurston SP, Grand Rapids, Ohio.

Golden maple tree reflected in the Gilead sidecut canal at Grand Rapids, Ohio. What seem to be locust leaves float on the surface.

Early November.

Golden Grove

Mary Jane Thurston State Park was nearly deserted on this weekday morning in early November. A grove of maple trees still had enough leaves to be interesting. If you look closely, you can see the blurs of a few of them tumbling through the air.

Grand Rapids, Ohio.