Goodnight Autumn

The Final Autumn Leaf Of 2019

#90

December 21st 2019

Stockton, California

Photographed September 28th, 2019

Stockton, California

Nikon

"What an abundant harvest has been collected in autumn! The earth has now fulfilled it's design for this year, and is going to repose for a short time. Thus nature is continually employed during the greatest part of the year: even in her rest she is active and in silence prepares a new creation."

~Christoph Christian Sturm

Reflections on the Works of God In Nature

 And Providence for Every Day In The Year 

Goodnight Autumn. If you were in front of me, Id kiss you on the forehead, tuck you into warm blanket and kiss you goodnight. See you in September. Sleep well.

Slanting Autumn Light

"Autumn... the grace in letting dead things fall."

~Darnell Lamont Walkermont Walker

 I had the most difficult time trying the line up the shadows on this photo. It was late in the day and I was having some shoulder difficulties, but I loved they way the scene looked. It was a small set of steps in Auburn, California, and we were just passing by, or I would have spent a little longer working with the light. Frustrating, but also kind of fun. I made a not of where the steps were, so I will give it another go next year. Yes, that's right. I am already ignoring most of 2020, in favor of setting my sights on autumn 2020, because, why wouldn't I? 

#85 Leaf Of The Day

December 16th 2019

Grass Valley, California

Nikon 

~Mood: Happy

~Me    :)

 

Autumn Days Grow Cold

This has been a reluctant autumn, but it has had it's moments,

 and I am grateful for each one.

 #84 Leaf Of The Day

December 15th 2019

Stockton, California

Nikon

~Mood: Quiet

~Me

Art About Town: Sacramento (Eclipse)

"Eclipse"

Crocker Art Gallery Museum

Sacramento, California

Nikon

"We all grow tired eventually; it happens to everyone.

 Even the sun, at the close of the year, is no longer a morning person."

~Joyce Rachelle

This lovely sculpture is called "Eclipse" and it sits next to the Crocker Historic building on 3rd and O Streets in Sacramento. The E. B. Crocker Art Gallery is a beautiful place, that has brought me a great deal of inspiration over the years. I am enjoying being able to visit it's grounds, now that I am living so much closer to the museum. Hopefully I will get one more chance to photograph the trees on the property as well, before autumn says goodnight, on December 22nd. Sigh. I love Sacramento for so many reasons, the food, the history, the culture, the leaves... oh yes... the leaves and trees, and I consider myself very lucky to be able to keep learning about all it has to offer! 

 #80 Leaf Of The Day

December 11th 2019

Sacramento, California

Nikon

~Mood: Happy

~Me   :)