It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow....

while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet.... :-) Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

 

HMM!!

 

oakleaf hydrangea?, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina

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