Colourful leaves on the ground are one of the beauties of autumn. Leaf blowers are not.

Neighbour, originally uploaded by Deviant Brainwave.

Following on yesterday’s post, in which I failed to provide a picture of the yellow tree outside our window, here is one take just moments ago of our neighbour posing in said tree.

This is an amazing time of the year to be around Cincinnati. The leaves are changing their colours in bewildering shades and combinations all around us. Often I turn a corner and my mouth opens in awe of the impressive palette in front of me. Last weekend, E. and I went out for a drive to try and capture some of it, but as E. said, frames of these trees don’t do enough to broadcast the feeling of such a visual effect all around. One of the most astonishing things about it, is that it changes so quickly. The pictures below were taken a week ago, and already those trees have changed.

Naturally, we started on our street. Looking deeply into a street is the closest we could get to capturing the panorama of colour. Too bad it was too cold to step out of the car (the following morning the temperatures dipped below zero for the first time this year).

Autumn Lined Street, originally uploaded by Deviant Brainwave.

As we drove along we saw some more colours. The contrast of colours make them even more special.

Tricolour, originally uploaded by Deviant Brainwave.

Foliage is quick, though:

Foliage, originally uploaded by Deviant Brainwave.

One day the trees look like their on fire, and the following day the leaves are gone and they stand there naked, ready for winter.

Almost Naked, originally uploaded by Deviant Brainwave.

I don’t have a picture of the tree in front of our window. Three days ago it was green, with a few leaves turning red and yellow. During those three days I have left every morning before sunrise and returned home late at night, so the next time I saw it in daylight was this morning. In such a short time the tree turned bright yellow, and I’m guessing that within a week or so the leaves will be gone. I don’t know how much of this process I will be able to witness, as I’m expecting to be very busy in the next few weeks. There’s work, classes and a case competition. I could use a couple more days in a week.

Rainbow, originally uploaded by Deviant Brainwave.

One good thing to say about Cincinnati: it has four seasons, and the autumn is one of two nice ones (the other being spring).

As I drive back home from work I see the trees around me changing everyday. They become more spectacularly colourful. This won’t last for much longer, as some lose their leaves rapidly.

On Saturday the weather was gorgeous, and we drove to Woodland Mound to enjoy nature. The park proved to be a very tamed version of nature, but we did get to take some pictures of the autumn leaves.