taken at Tenryuji temple, Kyoto

京都, 天龍寺で

we will be traveling to Colorado for a wedding and then have family coming here, so I will be away from flickr... doing all that crazy family fun stuff! : )

@Shinjuku Gyoen Park

@ Sagano Kyoto

taken at Kyoto Botanical Gardens

京都府立植物園で

... of autumnal art

for a colourful October weekend!

Japanese maple / Fächer-Ahorn (Acer palmatum)

in Botanical Garden, Frankfurt

... to meteorological autumn

and a HBW!

Japanese maple / Fächer-Ahorn (Acer palmatum)

in Botanical Garden, Frankfurt

demonstrated by a Japanese maple / Fächer-Ahorn (Acer palmatum)

in Botanical Garden, Frankfurt

for a HBW!

All true things must change and only that which changes remains true.

~ Carl Jung

... for a HBW!

with this Japanese maple / Fächer-Ahorn (Acer palmatum)

in Botanical Garden, Frankfurt

taken at Ninnaji temple, Kyoto

京都, 仁和寺で

© Aurora Santiago

... that October still has to offer

for a colourful and peaceful Sunday!

Thank you for your kind words and congratulations regarding my 15th Flickrversary yesterday :-))

Japanese maple / Fächer-Ahorn (Acer palmatum)

Botanical Garden, Frankfurt

Daydream, imagine, and reflect. It’s the source of infinite creativity.

~ Deepak Chopra

Japanese Maple in the back yard. Shot with Lensbaby Velvet 56.

2CELLOS: Wake Me Up

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-YuSKeFMxY

Japanese maple hanging onto its red leaves after all of the other trees have let theirs go.

The things you let go of will someday teach you how to fly.

~Jenim Dibie

It had been raining for awhile and on the day I took this one, the sun came out for a bit in the morning, so I ran out to the yard. Our Japanese Maple has lost most of its leaves, but the seedpods are still hanging on. Here, there were still some red leaves, which is what creates the red bokeh.

The old Japanese Maple at the Seattle Japanese Garden always puts on a tremendous show in the fall.

It is certainly one of the highlights in the Garden.

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Thank you all so much for your views, faves and comments.

I appreciate each one!

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For Shin. Get well soon!

last tree to lose its leaves in my yard this year...

after the leaf guy cleaned up, alas.......

In our San Francisco garden.

Happy Monochrome Bokeh Thursday! Take care and stay safe in this crazy world. Thanks for stopping by and for all of your support -- I deeply appreciate it.

© Melissa Post 2020

We've been having cold but sunny weather lately. (By cold, I mean just below freezing during the night, and just above during the day). Looking out the window when I got up, the morning light was shining through our Japanese Maple tree, making the dew drops sparkle on what was left of the leaves.

I'm going to be on and off in the next while - so much going on right now, but it's all good :) Sorry if I don't have time to comment every day....

Happy Friday, and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Leaves and Bokeh II

Japanese maple leaf still hanging on tree.

A mix of a couple of previously uploaded shots, layered together, which wasn’t quite what I was intending but rather liked this result.

HSS!

These bright red Japanese Maple leaves were backlit by the sun at the New York Botanical Garden

The leaves are all gone now, but this is how our Japanese Maple tree looked exactly one month ago.

Pt Defiance Park

Some beautiful colors from one of our maple trees,

I only wanted sometime off and I skipped the whole Autumn season

While walking the grounds of Victoria's Hatley Castle I spied this beautiful Japanese maple with the sun backlighting it nicely.

Love the varied twisted, contorted branches and the mixed autumn colors the backlighting highlights so well.

Thanks for taking a look and for any comments, faves and suggestions!

Summer rain on japanese maple leaves.