Our host this week, John Steiner continues the Lens-Artists Throwback Series, taking us back to July 2020, when Patti hosted Challenge #106: Autumn. John invites us to showcase the colors of Autumn, so I’ll start with a photo I took last October, at the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. It was a balmy day, the leaves were turning gold and scarlet, and then there was this beautiful wooden bridge!
Right now I’m noticing subtle color changes in my gardens, in Vancouver, WA. The bright blue hydrangea of summer, after being scorched in August, has bounced back with a pretty melange of lavender and mauve blossoms. Now is the time of year to gather a bouquet of mop-heads, because at this stage they dry quite nicely. The seeds of a small maple are ripening, and the holly berries are transitioning from spring chartreuse to winter crimson.
Tomatoes are still growing. Below a lovely heirloom begged me to take its picture! Tomorrow, I’ll cut the last of my basil and make pesto to warm us over the winter.
At Long Beach, WA it’s not the color of the landscape that signals autumn, it’s the birds gathering to stay, or feeding as they migrate. Last week the Sanderling were doing their intricate midair dances all along the shoreline.
Lindy Low LeCoq 
Lindy, what a great gallery you showed here! I liked these photos, especially the beach scene showing fall through migrating birds.
Thank you, Egidio. So glad you enjoyed my selections!
Beautiful choices, Lindy, but my favorite is the opening shot of the bridge!
Thank you, John. Leaves are barely starting to turn here in Vancouver USA. Cooler weather is on the way, so this shall change!
Lindy, the bridge with the colorful trees is stunning! Great gallery of fall images.
Thank you, Beth!
I think we have consensus Lindy, the bridge is an amazing image! But all are lovely 😊
Thanks, Tina. I tried to find images I didn’t use in Patti’s original challenge. The bridge was the best of the bunch!
The bridge is also my favourite, Lindy but I also enjoyed your focus on preparing for winter. That is what Autumn is all about.
Thank you,Sofia. I did harvest my basil today and made pesto. My personal autumn ritual!
So lovely – and for me too, the bridge is the favourite. Also because it takes us from Summer to Autumn.