Freya

AUTUMN

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:57:00 AM

Autumn has come and it will soon be Winter. Already the trees are shedding their leaves helped by chilled winds. The yellows, oranges, reds and purples of the leaves now litter the ground. Why do they change colour and fall?

The Science Bit. They fall because a cork-like layer cuts off the supply of water to the leaf and so the green chlorophyll fades away exposing the colours underneath. The yellows/oranges come from carotenoids,and the reds/purples from anthocyanins in the leaf.

The Poetic Bit. Autumn has inspired many people to write about it:

Gerard Manley Hopkins. "Wonderful downpour of leaf. When the morning sun began to melt the first frost,they fell at one touch and in a few minutes a whole tree was flung of them; they lay masking and papering the ground at the foot. Then the tree seems to be looking down on its cast self as blue sky on snow after a long fall,its losing, its doing."

Andrew Young. "The scarlet hips hang on the briar, like coffins on the dead dog-rose, all were bright as though for earth, death were a gayer thing than birth."

George Crabbe. "On the right side the youth a wood survey`d, with all its dark intensity of shade ,when the rough wind alone was heard to move, and near the bean-sheaf stood ,the harvest done, and slowly blacken`d in the sickly sun."

Tennyson. "Sweetened with with summer light, the full-juiced apple waxing over-mellow, drops in a silent autumn night."

John Donne " No Spring, nor Summer Beauty hath such grace, as I have seen in one Autumnal face."

WELCOME TO MY BLOG.

Comments

KittyliciousZaphira # Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:29:05 PM

What a beautiful post, Freya! Autumn can be so beautiful. And cold. :brrr:

Freya RedFreya # Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:55:30 PM

Thank you Zaphira.

The weather has completely changed. The bright sunny Autumn days have gone, to be replaced by damp and chill (like an English summer!

) My hands were freezing taking photos! It`s obviously time to put on "winter woolies "

HUE BUIbuihue # Friday, November 20, 2009 2:44:20 AM

Very nice!Thank you for nice everything from you! Have a nice day, my friend!

Freya RedFreya # Friday, November 20, 2009 2:50:51 AM

I am going to bed now

Have a good day yourself.

T.P.DHảiMiên # Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:13:19 PM

Beautiful!

Freya RedFreya # Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:48:33 PM

Thank you very much for your kind comment.

mlle bulleninaflou # Monday, November 23, 2009 12:16:16 AM

I like picture 5 , 6

Freya RedFreya # Monday, November 23, 2009 12:37:56 AM

Merci Nina,

c'était un jour nuageux très froid marchant par des terres cultivables au canal.

T.P.DHảiMiên # Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:32:43 AM

How r you, Freya? cant comment on ur shout box

Freya RedFreya # Tuesday, November 24, 2009 1:22:41 PM

I`m happy, thank you.

People usually use the comment section of my blog and photos.

T.P.DHảiMiên # Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:12:43 AM

^^ i like all ur post... wait for new

Freya RedFreya # Wednesday, November 25, 2009 1:24:06 PM

Thank you HảiMiên for your kind words.

Zephirine # Thursday, November 26, 2009 5:43:10 PM

So nice post, thanks for the poems!

And I really like your n. 5 photo!!

Freya RedFreya # Thursday, November 26, 2009 7:25:44 PM

Thank you Zepherine.

It`s something to celebrate the season. Unfortunately I missed the real colourful tree displays. I have joined the APN and I hope to do some other Autumn photos.

Zephirine # Thursday, November 26, 2009 9:28:01 PM

Yeah, red leaves don't last too long!! I miss them too this time and no new APN album this year!

T.P.DHảiMiên # Saturday, November 28, 2009 2:56:18 AM

Happy day, dear! ^^

Adele BrandSittingFox # Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:23:56 AM

Lovely post Freya!

Wish autumn hadn't been so wet this year but the colours are always great

Freya RedFreya # Sunday, November 29, 2009 2:13:14 PM

I completely missed the best colours because I couldn`t get out,

as I had a knee operation and had to rest it. Then the winds blew them all away.

Thankfully I`m back to normal now and can go for long walks in the woods and fields

SUNMIRjustise # Monday, November 30, 2009 3:45:51 PM

NICE POST

..my favourite hobby is photography.... Awesome pic.s

P.S.

your blog!

Freya RedFreya # Monday, November 30, 2009 5:28:30 PM

Thank you so much for nice the comment.

I look forward to seeing more of your photos.

SUNMIRjustise # Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:28:49 AM

AngelaAngelaParker # Friday, January 22, 2010 6:55:42 PM

I love autumn but not like cold rain, and don`t like winter.))

Freya RedFreya # Friday, January 22, 2010 9:45:37 PM

It is very wet and cold here.I am waiting for Spring to come.

AngelaAngelaParker # Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:07:42 PM

In our country is very cold((( temperature is 15-20 down below zero(

Freya RedFreya # Saturday, January 23, 2010 1:52:06 PM

That is very cold.

We had temperatures like that in the north a week or so ago, but that was very unusual.

AngelaAngelaParker # Saturday, January 23, 2010 2:10:12 PM

María isabel mariakace # Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:54:24 PM

your blog is really amazing !!!!! congratulations

María isabel mariakace # Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:54:26 PM

your blog is really amazing !!!!! congratulations

Freya RedFreya # Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:13:55 PM

Thank you so much for your nice comment.

ᴥAnonymous Soulᴥ dragonmmc1 # Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:44:07 AM

that tree looks so lonely

Freya RedFreya # Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:19:10 AM

They will soon be covered with leaves, as they are budding.

ᴥAnonymous Soulᴥ dragonmmc1 # Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:20:48 AM

ya i cant wait for summer

Freya RedFreya # Monday, July 19, 2010 1:20:35 PM

Thank you.

Limonkyli # Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:07:32 AM

nice pictures freya

Freya RedFreya # Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:11:22 PM

Thank very much Li I am pleased that you have visited my blog.

I really should have done a Winter and Spring picture post.

I have plenty of pictures for my 365 photo group that I did not use.

I will do a Summer one, I just need the right poems and quotes.

FIFINELEB # Friday, August 13, 2010 8:01:57 AM

I like your post very much. Full of wit and good taste. You are right when you say autumn is perhaps the most beautiful season. It has great colours indeed. Being in the autumn of my life (you are in spring;Haha) I try to perceive the beauty of every autumn scenery. Have a nice week.

Freya RedFreya # Sunday, August 15, 2010 12:34:56 AM

Thank you very much.

Autumn is a lovely season.

María isabel mariakace # Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:49:36 PM

my dear Freya autumn is so sad....but i like very much the yellow leaves. kiss

Freya RedFreya # Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:59:08 PM

It is sad when it is cold and wet, but when it is sunny and warm, it is beautiful, because of the changing leaves and the last flush of the flowers. I love to walk in this weather.