Almost as soon as we walked into the gardens the signs of Autumn were evident with various bushes and trees displaying their colours magnificently. I don’t know the names of all the plants and trees but will try to mention what I do know or found out. I know these are both maples of some…
Tag: fall
Sunlit maple leaves
These past few days have been absolutely gorgeous here in Victoria, Australia. I really do love Melbourne’s Autumns – it’s the best time of the year. Warm days, cool nights, beautiful colours, fog and mist, great sunrises and sunsets. Our two maple trees have begun changing colour and this is the upright with the leaves…
Aging Mushroom
We’ve had only a very small number of mushrooms in the garden so far. I’m hoping we get a lot more as we have had in previous Autumns. This one was a large white one that started to keel over. I liked the colouring underneath and then noticed a bug on the stem once I…
A touch of Autumn
It’s now officially Autumn here, although I’ve seen signs of it coming in some of the plant life since February. Here, in our own garden, one of our Liquidamber trees and the Weeping Oak have begun to show their colours through their leaves. I know it’s only a few weeks before our whole garden puts…
Autumn amongst the green
Saw this Liquidamber leaf on the lawn the other day. It certainly showed up amongst the green on the ground. I love this time of year – fresh with rain, colourful with the Autumn leaves, still warm in the days, cooler at night.