Tag Archives: Fall

Commentary, Happy Holidays!, Photography

Happy Thanksgiving

Oct 8, 2018 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 7 Comments

Summer reflected in the bounty of fall.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Commentary, musings, Photography

Big Red

Sep 25, 2018 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 26 Comments

I found these beautiful red bushes glowing in their fall mantle.

I don’t know what kind of bushes they are, but like most things in life, they’re just passing through, gifting us with their colour before they’re gone.

Happy Fall.

musings, Photography

Closing Time

Sep 4, 2018 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 21 Comments

The last summer days are coming to a close.

Unable to continue their slowing breaths, some leaves in this northern clime are already turning yellow.

So must we all.

And know the beauty that exists in the end.

Wherever you are in the northern hemisphere, happy autumn. 🙂

To you southerners, happy spring. 🙂

Photography

More Autumn Views

Nov 1, 2016 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 13 Comments

As the Okanagan descends gently into winter, here are a few more views.

On a recent sunny day, M. and I went up to Chute Lake. It almost felt like spring except for that sharp autumn-air quality.

Water-laden clouds arise more suddenly at this time of year.

While hiking along a back trail, M. and I found this sign.

The sign says, "See the Ponderosa Pine - 4.5 m Circumference." — The sign says, “See the Ponderosa Pine – 4.5 m Circumference.”

If you’re metrically challenged, 4.5 metres is 14.76 feet.

This is a very big tree. — This is one big tree.

Here’s another view. I had to strain my neck to get this tree in the frame.

There's a formula for figuring out the age of a pine. This one's about the same age as the U.S. — There’s a formula for figuring out the age of a pine. This one’s about the same age as the U.S.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “We are all poets when we are in the pine woods.” There are lots of pine forests in this area.

A couple of days ago, M. and I went to the small mountain town of Rossland, BC. It has produced four Olympian skiers including Nancy Green; two NHL hockey players and a prime minister, John Turner. Pretty good for a town of 4000.

A shrouded valley. — Rossland is under all that mist.

And finally, another yellow tree.

I’ve really been enjoying this autumnal bounty. 🙂

What’s fall like where you live?

Commentary, Photography

A Tamarack Forest in Autumn

Oct 25, 2016 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 10 Comments

Yesterday, M and I went for a hike in Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park. It had rained earlier in the day, but when we got started at about one pm, it was bright and sunny with that sharp clarity of fall light.

We hadn’t hiked here before and found ourselves in the midst of a spectacularly yellow aspen forest.

This forest is recovering from a large, ravaging fire that occurred in 2003. It’s amazing to see some surviving giants, seriously scorched at their bases, but still growing.

The new, the old, and the survivors. — The present, the past, and the survivors.

We climbed through the forest and up to a lookout over Lake Okanagan.

We finished out the day with a drive along an old railway track. This afforded us some impressive views; we were stopping every 10 metres!

The old railway tracks have been removed and the remaining trail is used for hiking, biking, or creeping along in a truck, as we did.

M and I have experienced some additional life stuff lately and so a day like yesterday was truly fabulous!

I’ll be coming by to catch up with all of you. 🙂

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