Autumn dreams

I dream in colors

Middle of October

Happy Birthday to our Firebird

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Foliage Series

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Finally got it

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Yes, I have been in denial. My poor old Sony is getting ready to kick the bucket. Periodically it refuses to take pictures, and I have been giving it the benefit of the doubt.

Oh, using multi-focus on the water...oh, the batteries...oh, what?!?!?

This particular tree gave me lots of aggravation over a period of several days. The LCD would go dark when I tried to take a pic. Finally I grabbed one yesterday-and today there is a pile of red leaves in the drive and none on the tree, so just in time!

I googled the camera model and found a camera forum from several years ago with folks having the same sort of trouble. The gold members response? "You're in denial, time to get a new(real) cam." Or, one of my personal favorites, "Did you think it was just being moody? Maybe you need to take it out to dinner..." LOL.

Yep, and that was three years ago-this model has ancient history. So, I guess I will keep taking what I can-when it is not in a "mood"-and eventually one day there will be a large lull in my posted photos. :(

More foliage

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Entry 10/08

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Home10/08

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Autumn Architecture

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Foliage Mountain

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Foliage Road

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Autumn Maple

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Another Golden Day

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Today we hiked on the power line trail. I remembered my camera. On the return trip, our attention was drawn to an alarm cry of the bluejays, and sharp eyed Willow called out, "A Golden Eagle!"

And there it was, emerging just above the trees that held the protesting jays. Then the eagle headed away from us down the powerline. Cam in hand, and desperate, I gave out the alarm whistle. I only recently learned that the Golden whistle is an alarm call, but they have always responded to it in the past, and today I was not disappointed.

I squinted, cam in hand, and Willow told me the eagle was headed back. I started snapping pix-fourteen fair ones in all. The Golden circled and soared- finally directly over our heads. Satisfied I had the best pix I could get, I waved farewell and we headed on. Just a few minutes later the second Golden appeared and headed away, still on the hunt.

Willow had collected some feathers on the trail-most likely from a nice wild turkey snack for the Goldens. That makes the third time in a week we have spotted them-or I should say Willow has sounded the alert each time. We also saw them the day we went to the beach, but I was driving and it was a difficult spot to stop.

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Maine foliage shots 908

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Foliage dam pool 908

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I was trying to grab a pic of the pond this am, and turned around and thought this was a nice example of the different stages of foliage. We are in the early stages when the rock maples turn their bright crimson. The green beech next to it will be turning at the end, long after the maple has dropped its leaves. The beech leaves will be gold and tend to cling to the tree until late winter.

This early stage I think is my favorite-most of the trees still have leaves and the reds and yellows are very intense-like the bright daffodils and red tulips of early spring. The color get more muted as the season wears on.

early morning pond foliage

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Thought we'd try and catch a pic before the rain-the light wasn't quite right at this early hour, but it was a nice excuse to be out and about. :)

Early color

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See, you didn't believe me when I said we had trees changing up here. :)