Let me give a huge round of applause to another blogger and photographer who has encouraged me to see the Beauty of November!
Generally, November has been the boring month, the brown month. The month of adjusting to light/time change and early darkness...as well as temperature changes. I've always turned a bit inward and ignored the overcast skies and the leafless trees. Nothing seemed to appeal to me outside.
But if you look for it, sometimes you can find some amazing things.
Points down
Tamarack Trees in full color
with afternoon sunlight
highlighting part of them!
A stump in the woods.
The moss picked up some yellow highlights of the subdued sunlight that tried so hard to come through the dull grey overcast.
Charlie and I headed down the ridge trail that our neighbor made years ago with his bulldozer. I sat on the trail to look at some lichen on a rock. I turned to look up the trail and squished my eyes half closed. I wanted to see the forest for the colors and not for the trees.
Muted greens
yellow
reds
burnished oranges
leaf litter
sticks...
and
bark
make me Happy!
just maybe...
I can start to look with different eyes.
Wild
Strawberries
make me smile!
Pointy
Sharp
Red,
No
smiles.
smiles.
Pretty reds
and greens
decorating
creek rocks.
drifts while
admiring the trout
in the creek.
Abstract reflections
of
the grasses above
the water.
At the end of the day, I can honestly conclude that I found this particular November day full of vibrant colors.
Maybe I can change my attitude about November and look for its beauty. After all, I find winter to be fascinating and beautiful.