Here's a post from a couple of years ago that I found quite intriguing and beautiful. And also, since this was an event I'm not likely to experience again, I wanted to repeat it:
Saratoga County, NY. 10/13/24. 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 wispy 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 veiled shadow.
One shrub, two different lights, two different colors, two different ways of being absolutely beautiful!
3 comments:
I remember those beautiful pictures; I have been with you longer than that.
Yes, Uta, you have been with me quite a bit longer than this. I cherish you as one of my most faithful and longest-known loyal readers. Thanks for coming along with me all these years!
Those pinky-purple viburnum leaves are stunning — what a perfect autumn shot at Moreau Lake! I found this via uploadarticle.com the other day, and your woods walks are always such a treat.
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