Autumn Leaves.......and Winter`s not far behind!

Up there`s my Acer Japonica and down here too.........

It doesn`t look too much in these pics but the colours this year are quite fabulous and uplifiting even on the gloomiest of days. It sits quite happily just outside my dining room window where it`s been since I first planted it as a sapling almost 10 years ago - in fact it`s all you can see when you sit at the table because it takes up the whole view! My friend remarked yesterday that we should sit with the lights out on Halloween and listen to the branches scraping against the glass and watch the shadows cast by the leaves on the window....spooky enough! I wish I could draw and paint because my tree`s just perfect at the moment for capturing on canvas. Now if my good friend Betty - take a peek at her new blog here - http://imaginarybrushstrokes.blogspot.com/2010/10/autumn-equinox.html were around she`d make a cracking job of putting it to silk. Have a look at her work - it really is remarkable - like visiting your own little private art gallery. Enjoy ......and Scary Halloween to You All.....oh, and remember to leave the lights on before you go to sleep!xxx