Tupelos from Gopher Ridge

Autumn is so ephemeral.  I'm glad that we got up the hill to take pictures today -- a brisk breeze was gusting and the wet leaves were falling thick and fast.  If we didn't get our act together, there'd be nothing left to take pictures of but bare branches.

This afternoon, after the rain stopped, Bruce and I drove up the steep gravel road that dead ends at the top of Gopher Ridge.  Bruce used his 300 mm lens and a tripod.  We had to wait for a few minutes for the sun to emerge from behind the clouds, so I used the time to plant more poppy seed alongside the road.

 I also took some pictures with my own little camera. 

Look carefully: right smack dab in the center of the picture, you can see a bright spot of red: those are the tupelo trees.  It's nice to be able to point out where our house is so easily -- this doesn't happen very often.












Now here's Bruce's picture with his zoom lens:

This is what I was talking about -- three audaciously scarlet tupelo trees (not to mention the brilliant yellow Japanese pagoda trees in the background)  surrounded by all the soft greeny-greys of the native vegetation.  

OK, we managed to get our picture.  Now all the leaves can drop off!