pair of autumnal beauties

Earlier this week I gathered some poppy heads from my garden to bring inside in a vase - I love the soft colours and the flower shape on the top.  I shook out all the seeds into appropriate corners of my garden first so that I can have more lovely read petals then seed heads next year.

Later that day when out walking I noticed a teasel growing and thought it would make a good pair - 2 seed heads with very different shapes

looking forward to all your pairs this week

Autumnal pair

Beautiful colours as the sycamore leaves turn and fall

hoping all of you are enjoying the change of seasons however that manifests where you are

Autumn

I know that some blogfriends love this season.  Sian recently blogged her love of autumn and I read her list with interest. I try to share the love vicariously but really it is not my favourite season, indeed its a contender for my least liked season.

Orange and browns are colours I love in other contexts but not enough to make this season sing for me

In a pollyanna mood I turned to a cinquain poetry form I use in workshops to express my thoughts on the season

 

Autumn

dank, gloomy

wrapping up, making soup

I want to hibernate

Autumn

 

How about you – is this your season of joy or hibernation?

Shades of autumn–red

No thinking or hunting needed for this one – it had to be my lovely shiny new wellies

The frame is another of the fabulous freebies on The Coffe Shop Blog

Check out other red shades of autumn here.

Shades of autumn–orange

While searching for orange in the gardens I pass on my daily walk I discovered that the vast majority of berries and rosehips are red – a deep red, red.  I did find a few that were orange – and appreciated all the more for being unusual.  A nice range of oranges from the yellow to the red ends of the range.  I love the colour contrast with both the green leaves and also the blueblack of the iron fence.  Check out what others found in orange for this weeks shades of autumn

Frames are again from The Coffee Shop Blog

Shades of autumn–yellow

I arrived in Nepal at the end of the Dashain festival so was treated to lights and decoration everywhere.  The festival is the biggest of the year and when many people make their annual trip to visit family.

I was on the lookout for yellow as the shades of autumn colour this week and found plenty in the special decorations – yellow and orange flowers are used to decorate the temples.  Interesting to see that yellow is associated with celebrations at this time of year in other cultures too.

The ‘web board’ is again the Coffee Shop Blog.

I’ll share some more photos from Nepal over the rest of the week.

Shades of Autumn - green

I’m joining in the shades of autumn photo challenge which is running over the next 8 weeks with a colour specified each week for photo inspiration.

The trees around me either bare or green at the moment and with all the rain that we have have recently, the grass is also looking lush.  I took these on a walk last week.

The frame is from The CoffeeShop Blog.