Art Nouveau Autumn
I am particularly enamoured with red leaves in autumn, so imagine my delight when yesterday on a stroll in the sunshine, I walked past a laneway and noticed a cascade of red leaves. On closer inspection I discovered that it was a wonderful ornamental vine, which protected from the wind by the properties around it, was stretching up to the blue sky, a mass of beautiful rich red and a few gold leaves, all basking in the light. With the curlicues from the vine, these leaves put me in mind of some of the beautiful foliate designs created during the Art Nouveau period at the turn of the Twentieth Century.
I think that autumn is often the best season for leaves. Whilst we all enjoy seeing new leaves in spring after the barren season of winter, it is in autumn that we get to see the leaves array themselves in their autumnal costumes.
Autumn is now well and truly with us here in Melbourne, and the cooler winds of seasonal change are blowing away the remnants of summer, like it tosses the red, gold and orange leaves that carpet the ground.
Yesterday was a lovely and sunny day, although cool. I thought I'd go for a walk and take advantage of the sunny conditions, as rain is expected tomorrow and for the next few days.
Art Nouveau Autumn
I am particularly enamoured with red leaves in autumn, so imagine my delight when yesterday on a stroll in the sunshine, I walked past a laneway and noticed a cascade of red leaves. On closer inspection I discovered that it was a wonderful ornamental vine, which protected from the wind by the properties around it, was stretching up to the blue sky, a mass of beautiful rich red and a few gold leaves, all basking in the light. With the curlicues from the vine, these leaves put me in mind of some of the beautiful foliate designs created during the Art Nouveau period at the turn of the Twentieth Century.
I think that autumn is often the best season for leaves. Whilst we all enjoy seeing new leaves in spring after the barren season of winter, it is in autumn that we get to see the leaves array themselves in their autumnal costumes.
Autumn is now well and truly with us here in Melbourne, and the cooler winds of seasonal change are blowing away the remnants of summer, like it tosses the red, gold and orange leaves that carpet the ground.
Yesterday was a lovely and sunny day, although cool. I thought I'd go for a walk and take advantage of the sunny conditions, as rain is expected tomorrow and for the next few days.