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Castle 'Rentweinsdorf' or rather: the lovely Maple tree in front of it.
Rentweinsdorf is a Commune in the administrative district "Haßberge".
I have visited the like named Nature Park "Haßberge Hills" whose extensive mixed forest is criss-crossed by numerous footpaths.
Wonderful to hike there in autumn !
The region is unusually rich in historic castles and palaces, of which over 40 survive either as ruins or are still lived in. Several once heavily fortified towns at the edge of the range still have historic centres.
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Goldener Herbst in Unterfranken
Schloß 'Rentweinsdorf' oder besser: der wunderschöne alte Ahornbaum davor in seinem schönsten Gewand ;-)
Die gleichnamige Gemeinde Rentweinsdorf liegt im Naturpark "Haßberge", dessen ausgedehnte Mischwälder von zahlreichen Wanderwegen durchzogen sind.
Herrlich, dort im Herbst zu wandern, wenn der Mischwald seine leuchtendsten Farben zeigt.
Ungewöhnlich ist der Reichtum des Landstriches an historischen Burg- und Schlossanlagen, von denen über 40 als Ruinen erhalten blieben oder noch bewohnt werden. Mehrere ehemals stark befestigte Städte am Rand des Gebirges konnten sich ihre historischen Ensembles weitgehend bewahren.
Thank you for your kind visits and your comments :-)
Danke für Euern Besuch und Eure Kommentare :-)
The next instalment of a Barred Owl at a local park this past spring can be viewed at the following link: youtu.be/Ml8--M3mfT8
In this episode, two different Barred Owls in the same park are repeatedly dive bombed by an American Robin whose nest is nearby. The Robin was moving so fast, it wasn't possible to catch a still shot of the moment, so the thumbnail and first picture were captured from the video.
To continue this magical morning's story; after the two owls allopreened, (I'll probably upload one more picture of this later), the one owl moved off up the branch and the lower owl reached out and grabbed it's tail and almost made it fall.
Then it left and sat down in the undergrowth near the creek where a crayfish was quickly caught. It had barely made headway into eating it when the second owl joined in. The first one backed off, and let the second owl finish the meal. All this occurred in a spot that was impossible to photograph.
While the one owl ate, the other flew to a favourite perch: an overhanging stump by the creek where in relative short order it swooped down and caught another crayfish. When it landed on the bridge railing right in front of us, I was caught flat-footed, and didn't change my settings fast enough from video mode before it took it's catch elsewhere to eat in peace.
That brings us to today's upload. Crayfish eaten, the male was the first to land on this Maple Tree branch which overlooks the creek, where it tried to resume hunting in spite of the pesky male Robin's interference. It was later joined by the second owl, and more allopreening commenced (photos and video forthcoming). I'll conclude the story when I upload that link, hopefully sometime this month.
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O thou,
Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed
The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low...
Ode to the West Wind - P.B. Shelley
This maple tree needs warmth and is therefore planted on the south side of our home. Hope it will survive this unusually harsh winter. Photo No. 6 of Project No. 3 - 2023 Palette of two or three colours (against a black background where appropriate).
The sun was low, behind, and a little to the right of these colorful maple trees and this brought our their best colors of the day. The image was made a half hour before sunset!
fall brilliance
creating a glorious reflection
with the sun's help
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
In the fall I can't get enough of the changing colors. I'm most attracted to the shades of red, but the oranges, yellows, and various hues greens are fantastic too.
The Cedar River Road parallels the wild Cedar River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
This fall, while driving back from upstream, I had to stop to make this image!
I love what my Pentax K1 captures and what I can do with the RAW files.
cedar river road
busting out in fall color
on the S curve
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
In spite of the rainy, dull weather, Cambridge Street was ablaze with massive Maple trees dressed in their stunning red Autumn leaves.
You have to see it to truly believe it!!
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Autumn in Melbourne is always beautiful, with many wonderful deciduous trees full of colour throughout the city, like these maple leaves on a tree in the inner suburb of Fitzroy, which are quickly gaining the rich gold, orange and red tones of the season.
It seems that Melbourne is destined for an early and gloriously colourful autumnal blaze of colour this year, following a shorter and wetter than usual summer. I love this time of year for not only are Autumnal colours are starting to appear, but there are still plenty of beautiful blooms about.
Seed pods or helicopters from our Japanese Maple.
Taken with an old soft spot filter.
Best viewed large.
I won't have time to reply to everyone faving and commenting on this, since we will be leaving on a 3 week trip next week.
I will try to catch up with all of you once we are back.
It was cold (42 degrees, 5.6C), and windy( 30mph sustained winds), with a wind chill of 38 degrees (3.3C), dark and rainy.
But the brilliant orange, reds and yellows of the foliage kept our spirits warm.
My wife and I, and my Flickr friend Janet (jlst2i) enjoyed the blazing colors on Old Mission Peninsula, Traverse City, Michigan.
West Grand Traverse Bay (of Lake Michigan) is seen in the background.
Art- Texture to photo image
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Autumn in Melbourne is always beautiful, with many wonderful deciduous trees full of colour like this Japanese Maple, one of my favourites, which I have been visiting regularly on my walks over the last few months. At the beginning of winter it was ablaze with the last of its beautiful reds, oranges and golds, like this lone autumnal star. All too soon however, this autumnal beauty along with all the colourful leaf ephemera was blown away by winter until next year.
The day I took this photo was a lovely and sunny day with bright blue skies, although there was a crispness in the air. I thought I'd go for a walk and take advantage of the sunny conditions, as rain arrived the day after.
Covid 19 may be whacking our world, but the earth keeps turning, and here we are in autumn again. I found peak color in the maple trees at the west end of North Fox Road near Cedar River, Michigan.
autumn lights
found up a dirt road
time rolls on
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
Some maples are red, some orange, some yellow, and some combinations of all three. This one taken along Highway 41, in the Upper Peninsular of Michigan, where the Rapid River crosses, was 100% golden yellow.
fall maple
dropping its golden leaves
winter is coming
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
Cassin's, Purple, or House Finch
Too early! The acer rubrum “October Glory maples” we had planted should turn red in October!
Autumn in Melbourne is always beautiful, with many wonderful deciduous trees full of colour like this Japanese Maple, one of my favourites, which I caught as it is starting to turn one on my walk today. These two tiny red leaves reminded me of a pair of earrings. Perhaps they are faerie earrings.
Today 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.
This site is located just north of the Appalachin Trail in Hart's Location, NH. Just as this photo was taken, rain began to fall. Those conditions sometimes result in fall leave scenes of particular brilliance and depth.
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 notice all the fine veining, delicate textures and sharp edges of the leaves as they change colour and array themselves in their autumnal costumes of reds, browns, oranges and golds.
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.
The other day was a perfect autumnal day in Melbourne: sunny, but not too bright, warm, but not hot, and perfectly still. Therefore I thought I'd go for a walk and take advantage of the sunny conditions and take some photographs. This includes these wonderful golden yellow English maple leaves in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.
Right across the street from the hotel we were staying in was a cemetery with lots of trees that were showing off amazing autumn colors. We couldn't resist checking it out...
Autumn in Melbourne is always beautiful, with many wonderful deciduous trees full of colour like this Japanese Maple, one of my favourites, which I have been visiting regularly on my walks over the last month. It is now ablaze with the last of its beautiful reds, oranges and golds! And all too soon this autumnal ephemera will be gone until next year.
The day I took this photo was a lovely and sunny day with bright blue skies, although there was a crispness in the air. I thought I'd go for a walk and take advantage of the sunny conditions, as rain arrived the day after.