One day the big twin-trunked tree in the back yard was covered with bright green leaves. Then the very next day when I awoke, or so it it seemed, King Midas had come by in the night and touched it, because there it was, glittering with October’s gold:
October at its best and brightest is the month of blue and gold. Here is some blue:
A brave and beautiful prelude we’re having to November’s too-hasty farewell to autumn!
(King Midas, in the ancient Greek myth, was blessed — and cursed — by being granted the power to turn everything he touched to gold. Which was swell as long as he stuck to pots and pans and household furniture, but turned to disaster when he tried to eat breakfast, for example. Solid gold oatmeal — no way! And then his little daughter rushed to him and hugged him — Does the story end there? No, but you’ll have to travel elsewhere to find out if there was a happy ending to this tale of wisdom overcome by greed and avarice —)
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Oh, a real fall with blue skies! We have the blue but not the gold. Enjoy it while it lasts and King Midas has done his magic!
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Admittedly the gold is lovely, and sets off the blue (and vice versa).
What follows the gold, though, I’m not thinking about for now!
Thanks for visiting, Jonel.
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the yellows of Autumn are so incredible, aren’t they? Especially in the early morning sunlight.
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That’s it exactly, Joss! It was ablaze early in the morning.
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We are so grateful to be here enjoying these glorious colors. Your tree is most beautiful!
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We’ve got two-three days of rain predicted. I wonder how long the gold will last!
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Isn’t it fabulous! These are gorgeous!
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Thanks so much, G!
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Gorgeous golds Judith. I much prefer this to the blingy metal. Enjoy it while it lasts 🙂
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Which is not for very long, I think! I’m glad I grabbed those photos while the grabbing was good. Today is wind and occasional hard rains, and here come the leaves shoaling down —
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It’s my favourite time of year. Yesterday, we had almost like a rain storm, so much of the leaves will probably be gone now.
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We’ve had rain with wind, it’s a lot diminished from just those few days ago.
Gotta be fast to see the autumn splendor!
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Fall is always so lovely. I miss not living in NC anymore as the foliage was so spectacular. The trees in Idaho do put on a show, but not like they do on the East coast.
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AFter a dreary gray rainy start, today gathered up its forces and managed some sun by afternoon. The colors on the mountains came alive! (Of course they’re not exactly mountains, compared to the West. But they’re what we’ve got.)
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King Midas has arrived in Connecticut, too, in that same overnight, stealthful sort of way. Suddenly – bright reds and oranges and golds against a chilly autumn sky. Breathtaking!
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Enjoy it quick, because it goes quick!
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Nothing as exotic down this way yet . . . Love your catch of gold with the blue!
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Long gone now, alas. Such splendid colors together!
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Such glorious colors Judith. Aren’t you glad that they don’t turn to real gold when you touch them – far better to be poor and enjoy the visual wealth 🙂
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In fact I do love gold, in jewelry and fabulously wrought objects (none of which I will ever own) — but at least have the brains to recognize exactly the truth you’re pointing out!
🙂
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