Saturday, September 28, 2024

It Begins . . . Slowly

The day after (link) spending some time of\n the trail, we headed to Riverside Park. I was sure that we would find colour, but this sapling is close to all there was in the whole park. However, you can see the change beginning in the trees in the background.


We were there at school lunch hour, the high school being on the edge of the park. This is not a great photo, but how lucky are the students who can do this at lunchtime?


These two guys were meditating by themselves, at opposite ends of the park. These are best photos of the day. The first is the best but the second has a poignancy to it – for me at least. I can almost relate to the second fellow, being all alone in a school of hundreds of students.



Finally, for today, there was a non-student fishing from the bank on this very fine day.


It was the kind of autumn day that we cherish even though the colour was not yet splendiferous .



16 comments:

  1. Such a beautiful setting, AC. Good for the spirit!

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  2. Our autumn is going much the same way. Beautiful skies and temperatures but thus far, not a lot of color change. There have been a few leaves falling on breezy days.

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  3. The colour seems slow in coming this year.

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  4. I recall the pointed arguments our High School had about open lunches that allowed the students to leave the school grounds at lunch.
    Those photos of the kids by themselves are poignant. That is how I felt most of High School. I had friends, but none that I cared to hang out with much!
    Fantastic shots. I love them.

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  5. I read that color change is slower this year because of the drought. Doesn't make sense to me, but what do I know?
    The kids by themselves on their phones...bet they have girlfriends at a different school!

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  6. They are fortunate to be able to be outside in this beauty during lunch. I think so many teens feel alone during those years.

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  7. They are lovely photos. Sometimes being alone in nature is exactly what we need--at any age!

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  8. That shot with the student alone is sweet and sad at the same time.

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  9. From my understanding, global warming may be affecting the timing of color change. In what I have read, the suggestion is that the incrwasing temperatures may impact color change to leaf loss may ne briefer and more abrupt that typical.

    PipeTobacco

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  10. That first solo student photo is lovely.

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  11. It looks like a very beautiful day indeed. The color will come, never fear.

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  12. The sceneries from the park are so relaxing to look at

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  13. I like to see kids being calm, cool and collected.

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  14. There’s not much in the way of color foliage here as well, yet. We’re hoping that the nearby park will have some vibrancynleft when we return from our travels.

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  15. It is a great spot!

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