While walking the shore of Moreau Lake, I saw these perfectly beautiful leaves and fruits of Maple-leaved Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) leaning out from the woods. No other shrub bears leaves of this gorgeous pinky-purple color in the fall, and it is rare that I find both the leaves and the berries of this native shrub so beautifully intact. So I promptly stopped to take a photo.
I was grateful to have the sunshine illuminating both leaves and flowers so perfectly:
But then a cloud drifted across the sun, and rather than diminish the beauty of these leaves and fruits, the change of light transformed their color remarkably. The yellower tones of the sunlit leaves gave way to the bluer tones of the leaves in shadow:
Two different lights, two different colors, two different ways of being absolutely beautiful!
2 comments:
Both, lovely pictures. I enjoyed seeing Maple-leaved Viburnum this past weekend as well but none were as photogenic as yours.
In Sept. while on my trip to the Adirondacks and VT I finally purchased my Hornbeck boat. A long time of reading about your adventures was all the recommendation I needed. I gave it it's inaugural paddle at Tenant Lake above Day.
Last weekend I went into Maine's new national monument, Katahdin Woods and Waters and paddled on the east branch of the Penobscot with it. The ease of getting it into the water and even paddling upstream in a slow moving current was delightful. Looking forward to going places my old 14' kayak was too heavy to go.
Thank you so much for the years of delight and inspiration.
I am both humbled and delighted to read your wonderful news, humbled to think that my stories might have encouraged you to obtain this perfect little canoe, and delighted to think of the marvelous experiences you will have paddling it. Frankly, my own Hornbeck canoe changed my life, allowing me to venture to remote waterways and on my own, without my husband along in the stern, too impatient to sit quietly and silently until that dragonfly returned to its cattail perch. From those solo experiences came my desire to share nature's marvels through this blog, which has brought me into relationship with so many others who share my delight in nature. Like you! Happy paddling!
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