Tag Archives: Autumn

Japanese Garden

I frequently walk through Penticton’s small but lovely Japanese garden. It’s very peaceful and relaxing, even in winter.

Although we’re fully into autumn now, it’s still quite green although most of the hydrangeas are fading …

Cotoneaster

… and some of the plants are showing their fall outfits.

Azalea bushes

What’s more indicative of autumn is the slant of the sun, the cool edge that the wind now has…

… and the tint of the sky. Somehow, this grey is different from the summer greys.

Japanese garden fountain

I can’t visit the garden without stopping to watch the fish for a bit. Some of them are very large and their colours definitely fit right in with the season.

Happy October. 🍂

Sunflowers

Sunflowers have such attractive and pretty late summer and autumn blooms and they have been the subject of many famous and beautiful paintings. Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe and Paul Gauguin spring to mind. I don’t paint, but I love taking photos of them. Here are a few favourites.

A fresh face.
An older face (like mine!).
The Okanagan sunflower. They cover every hillside for a brief time in April.
A recent little find.

Have a sunflower day. 🌻

Good-bye Summer; See You Later

Today is the last day of summer; autumn starts tomorrow – in this time zone – at 5:43 a.m. And although I noticed Hallowe’en chocolate for sale yesterday at the grocery store, I’m not about to be directed by marketers into either thinking about autumn or into making any kind of autumnal purchase, especially not when I want to enjoy this gorgeous weather.

I don’t think this looks like autumn. Do you?
Or this, either.

Right now we have beautiful days and cooler nights; a wonderful thing to be enjoyed as long as we can. Autumn will get here!

Happy Saturday.

Autumn Memories

I think autumn is my favourite season – although when summer comes along, I love it, too – because of how comfortably warm, wind-still and beautiful it can be with all the colours. Given how rainy and overcast it has been here, it’s nice to look back as a reminder of what we have coming up.

Skaha Lake sparkles in October.
Golden ginkgo biloba leaves.
Autumn apple yumminess.
Sunny September sunflowers.
Late October rose.

Happy Monday.

2023 Retrospective

Here are some of my favourite photos, by month, from 2023. It was a good year!

January

Rocky Mountains, British Columbia

February

Aurora Borealis, Northwest Territories

March

My “snow house” in Northwest Territories.

April

Rocky Mountains, Alberta

May

Azaleas, Penticton, British Columbia

June

Okanagan Valley butterfly visitor.

July

Canada Day.

August

Pond lily.

September

Ice cream rose.

October

Sugar maples (and retirement!).

November

Full moon palm tree.

December

Caribbean sunset.

I hope your 2023 was a good year for you and that you’re looking forward to 2024. 💥