Sunday, October 23, 2011

This Way, Please!

Autumn Sumac Points Towards the Coming Winter Cold
Looking like a spooky feather-covered arm pointing towards the coming frigid winter season, this Sumac tree is changing to almost every color of the autumn palette. Reds, purples, oranges, yellows and a bit of green—all present and accounted for.

I always forget about my little purple New York aster, lol. I don't notice it until fall when it blooms, and it's right in the main garden. It never grows beyond this small clump though. At my mother's house years ago, this variety used to grow 4-feet tall with hundreds of flowers every fall.

The purple stems contrast beautifully with the autumn reds and yellows, right?

Late afternoon sun perfectly highlighting my yellow Nasturtiums. I'll be sorry at the first frost when this annual dies. It took a while for it to hit its stride, but it's just gorgeous right now, reaching the ground in this Victorian cast-iron planter.

This view reminds me of a colorful line of clothes drying in the afternoon sun. Or a used car lot from the  sixties with those flapping multi-colored flags! Just as the leaves change color in fall, the stems of this Sumac tree change from a reddish color to bright purple. Talk about artandcolour in nature!

12 comments:

  1. Those look like rainbow flags, Casey!

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  2. hard to believe I didn't think of that, too, ish!
    : )

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  3. CASEY,YOU STILL ALWAY AMAZE ME EVERYDAY. ONLY A COUPLE OF US CAN SEE PASS THE PLANT AND READ INTO IT'S BEAUTY. THOSE LEAVES ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL. THE COLORS BLOW ME AWAY. THANKS FOR SHARING. NOW I CAN GO TAKE MY NAP.

    GRANNY XXXOOO

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  4. The Sumac would make the perfect Halloween party decoration.

    Oh....by the way, Px I'll be making my annual visit soon, remember to keep the window ajar.

    AA aka B.C.

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  5. Oh yes, the Sumac...I look for it to turn as it points us towards fall. (hey Ish...indeed!! a rainbow flag!1!)
    Beautiful pictures all...happy fall everyone!
    Mare

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  6. Hi Mare! Happy fall to you, too, though I seem to remember you've had a frost already. The 8-day forecast tonight has us only getting into the low 40s for another week. I hate to see the morning glories and dahlias die!

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  7. What enticing photos, Casey! They invite me to suck every morsel of pleasure out of each brightly colored array.

    The Sumac is not the poisonous kind?

    Being so far south of most of you (mid NJ), we don't have hardly any fall colors yet. Can't wait for them to get here!

    Katie

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  8. Thanks, Katie. I hope you have more color than we do, though. It's really the worst autumn I've ever seen. I think it must be the result of Irene. So many trees have just dropped their leaves before they turned color, many trees are bare now. I've seen some golds, but no bright reds, or oranges, except in very small patches of trees, not the entire trees. But then again, we haven't had any really cold nights yet either. I think the lowest temp we've had is about 40 and it's still in the 60s during the days. We'll see!

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  9. I am left with the feeling that I'm on some tropical island in the middle of nowhere with the exotic leaf colors and vast greenery behind it.

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  10. GOOD MORNING CAASEY, KUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW I'M THINKING OF YOU.

    BIG GRANNY HUGS

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  11. Good morning, Granny. I'll have a new post up later this afternoon!

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  12. DON'T YOU LOVE MY CAASY AND MY KUST? I DON'T WANT TO BE PERFECT IN LIFE. FLAWS MAKE YOU LOOK AT YOURSELF AND THAT'S OK. LOL. MY MIRROR MAKES ME LOOK LIKE AN OLD LADY THAT'S GETTING SHORTER AND MY BEAUTY IS FADDING FAST BUT THE BRAIN STILL THINKS SHE 16. IF I KEEP ON DREAMING I GUESS I'LL BE OK.I HAD A DREAM BEFORE I WOKE UP THIS MORNING ABOUT GOING ON A CRUISE AND MY CLOTHES DIDN'T FIT. WHAT A DREAM, THAT ONE REALLY HIT HOME. I'LL BE BACK LATER.

    GRANNY

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