It was a Peaceful Autumn Day

 "The gilding of the Indian summer mellowed the pastures far and wide

The russet woods stood ripe to be stripped, but were yet full of leaf.

The purple of heath-bloom, faded but not withered, tinged the hills....

Fieldhead gardens bore the seal of gentle decay;

....its time of flowers and even of fruit was over."

from Shirley ~ Charlotte Brontë 

A Walk around my Corner of the World

This year the tree colours are vibrant, helped by dry calm weather, and a lack of frosts

Day by day these Rowan tree leaves turn a richer, deeper, more intense red

A Japanese Acer exhibiting a myriad of different colours 

The woodland leaves have yet to turn - only the trees sitting around the periphery of the forest catching sunbeams have become golden 

It appears that the autumn season still has several weeks left to run

before Mother Nature's final flourish