“Come, little leaves,” said the wind one day,

“Come o'er the meadows with me and play;

Put on your dresses of red and gold,

For summer is gone and the days grow cold.”

Soon as the leaves heard the wind’s loud call,

Down they came fluttering, one and all;

Over the brown fields they danced and flew,

singing the glad little songs they knew.

“Cricket, goodbye, we’ve been friends so long;

Little brook, sing us your farewell song;

Say you are sorry to see us go;

Ah, you will miss us, right well we know.

"Dear little lambs in your fleecy fold,

Mother will keep you from harm and cold;

fondly we watched you in vale and glade;

Say, will you dream of our loving shade?”

Dancing and whirling, the little leaves went;

Winter had called them, and they were content;

soon, fast asleep in their earthy beds,

The snow laid a coverlid over their heads.

(Poet: George Cooper.)

** (The thermometer beside our cabin door, read 24 F. degrees this morning. Autumn winds have been blowing leaves from the trees, leaving a blanket of gold on the forest floor. Snow is making its way down our tallest mountain peaks, and road construction is winding down.

Warmer jackets now hang beside our cabin door, and winter boots have been placed beneath them.

Doc has removed our truck camper and winterized it - (one of the last big chores of the season). All of our winter provisions have been stored, and now we await our first snowfall. )

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CN Tower, Toronto, Canada

For CMWD Sunday, Black and White.

(and wooden locutions)

(et langue de bois)

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This is a digitally enhanced photo of a colorful fall scene of a tree with bright orange leaves and a pumpkin in front of a background of houses and trees.

Original photo by Abbie Shores. Used with permission.

Tree and pumpkin are from Pixabay.

Summer slips by so quickly in Alaska. Our day is shorter by 4 minutes and 43 seconds as of today, tomorrow we will lose another 7 seconds - and so it will continue until December 21st. In one short month we will be reaching for a jacket before heading outdoors in the morning. Last night our temperature dipped down to 48 degrees Fahrenheit, and I snuggled down under a light fleece blanket and slept like a log. I am so glad the heatwave is over, and that we are back to more normal temperature's - but I will remember the nice warm day I spent on the edge of Chilkoot Lake, as a merganser preened his-self on the dock.

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Processed in Topaz and texture by French Kiss

Based on a photograph of Rape seed fields taken on a train journey through South Oxfordshire - The train was moving at the time which is why the focus is quite soft !

Created for the TMI:Textural Landscapes challenge.

Best viewed <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=18987222583&size=large"Large On Black

The texture layers CloudySky2, GauzeBokeh3 and FrostyGradient are my own and available from my Textures and Layers - Complete Collection set

Landscape - manipulation,

used Pixabay, Filter Forge, Photoshop

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I watched as the sea lion's hauled their huge bodies from the sea, and then barked at each other as they fought for the most comfortable place upon the rugged rocks.

With the beat up buoy covered by gull's in the background - it looked like a floating birthday cake, with the sea lions singing the birthday song.

(Yes, I know I have a weird imagination.)

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Summer in USA, used: Redfield, Filter Forge, Pixabay, Photoshop

On exhibit some years back at the RBG (Royal Botanical Gardens), I'm still thankful of the piece of glass between us... one of the deadliest East African snakes. Slight manipulation and cropping.

Painted self-portrait

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A surreal sunrise take on an egret landing on shore.

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The Mystery,

used: Filter Forge, Pixabay, Photoshop

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My Orchid-explosion,

used Filter Forge, Photoshop