by Angie Macdonald
Autumn has come around again, and with it lots of wind, rain and falling leaves. While Autumn is a time of great beauty as the leaves turn shades of golden orange, deep red and brown, I always find it a rather melancholic time. Nature becomes unsettled as she prepares for winter retirement, signs of death and dying abound and some prematurely bare trees look panic stricken in their chilled nakedness. Each day brings us closer to the gloom of winter. I think this is why Spring is my favourite season of the year – it’s filled with hope and potential and new life, the very opposite of Autumn.
On the day I took these photographs Autumn had only lightly touched Dulwich, but as I write this just over a week later it’s a completely different story. It’s cold, raining and almost dark at 4pm! If you love Autumn, Leave a Reply below and let me know what you love about it. Maybe you’ll be able to change my mind.
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I love autumn and the fact that we have the four seasons as a whole. as a chef i look forward to the amazing bounty of seasonal fruit and vegetables, although i prefer the longer days of summer, the darker evenings make me look forward to getting home from work and having an excuse to have a lazy evening in with my partner lazing in the warmth of our home watching telly with a nice home cooked meal and a glass of autumn/winter red wine.
I love the early autumn colours and the changing scenery, as a keen gardener i clear the garden and watch as it changes from the summer colours to the reds and oranges of autumn before it transcends into grey winter hues with red berries shining through and watching the evergreens and ivies and hollies coming into there own. also i plant the bulbs and plants that will push through to herald spring….also i look forward to the break from mowing the lawn.
i think i am one of those people who loves watching the constant changes of the seasons and would hate to be in a climate where it doesn’t change much at all.
I think i get my love of autumn from the times i spent as a kid, playing with my mates,building piles of leaves and diving into them, going looking for conkers, and also getting excited as my birthday is in november and also knowing christmas was around the corner. these things don’t excite me as much now, but the memories make me feel warm and smile all the same
Wow, Mark, that’s a pretty persuasive argument! I love your passion for autumn. I also like the excuse of being cosy indoors in front of the telly with warming food and red wine and watching the changing colours. But the dread of winter clouds my judgement each year. I grew up in a sub-tropical climate where winter was like a really good summer here. And although I really don’t miss the heat and humidity, and love having four seasons, I still can’t get used to the cold and grey of winter. But I suspect you might be the ideal person to change my mind. If I do a photo series on winter, which I probably will, please do write in and tell me what you love about winter.
Your comment, Mark about ‘the amazing bounty of seasonal fruit and vegetables’ in Autumn reminded me of somthing I spotted a couple of weeks ago – the excess bounty of someone’s garden in Dulwich and their generosity in leaving it out on the pavement for people to take. I took one of the lovely apples and munched it on the way home and I also took a photo. (I carry my camera around everywhere) Ive just put the photo up on the sidebar next to Angie’s lovley ones.
If the person whose apples they are reads this and recognises the green bin and note, thank you, and do leave a comment!