Remnants Before The First Killer Freeze

These pictures were taken over the last few days. Keep your eye on the Kousa Dogwood on the right front porch corner. The late turners are having a good showing this year. The first killer freeze arrives tomorrow morning. That will hasten the end of leaves.

I had to record the Japanese Holiday Tree in peak fall color. 

The Rough Bark Japanese maple proceeded to do the same.

The Fothergilla lit up big time.

My Kousa Dogwood is bipolar. It has two trunks that color to their own drummer. There might be a short period of synchronicity during the weeks long process

It's always something messing with my eyes. That is smoke in the air along with passing spells of cold drizzle.

The Waynesville golf club's courses are being remodeled and they have been burning large amounts of old trees and brush in the middle of town for a good week at least. The smoke lingers in mountain valleys. My eyes get puffy. Soft focus takes hold.

The remnants all together on a cold grey smoky day. Note the leaves on the driveway. One last big drop covered it thick top to bottom in a little over 24 hours.

The color intensity in this kind of low light with the near naked land as an infinite background can be other worldly at times. Perceptions are being jolted. This is not your ordinary garden.

I wander out there.