Parklands. An Autumn Gallery. The Beauty Quest.

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Autumn this year, 2021, has been a strange one. At first, in early October, I didn't think the colours would be all that special as it wasn't particularly cold, and you need the cool nights and mornings to change the internal chemistry in the leaves. A natural picture frame here I took full advantage of.....

 but it lasted..............

and lasted.........

and lasted.....

 

 all the way through October........ Rouken Glen Park here......

and on into the month of November.......

Even through a period of high winds, heavy downpours and flooded roads... most of the leaves stayed on the branches.

Hail Queen Nature as I hate bare trees and the long damp, grey, gloom filled, winter days and nights.... like every other wild creature living outdoors. A time to endure.... or hibernate.

 The last rich blast of vivacious colour unfolds before the more muted tones of brown, grey, black and white dominate the soul.

Keswick in the English Lake District, in autumn, viewed from above. Did you know that without the moon's gravity to stabilize the Earth there would be no seasons of reliable, (up until now), weather patterns, no tides, and not much life on our planet either?  So many aspects need to co-exist, co- align, or fall into place for us to even be here- that is the real miracle of our daily existence. We should not even be here at all when you look at the rest of the dry, bare, lifeless galaxy swirling around us. A million or even a billion to one chance of higher life forms evolving. Not the 1800s and onwards popular celluloid and sci fi book vision of a teaming universe filled with strange but able to interact with us aliens. Nothing but lifeless gas clouds, dust and rock.... so far.....

 Yet here we all are.... still clinging stubbornly on..... like this years autumn leaves. Southern Uplands above.

 Last of the autumn flowers and flying insects during a warm spell.

 The Parklands in autumn....

and all through November they still kept clinging on.........!

For me this was a real bonus...... a warmer than usual November... a month that in the past traditionally could be either very cold or very wet.

 and a bonus for wildlife as well. Seasonal riches lasting longer perhaps.

The woodland realm in October.

 The climate may be changing but with Spring coming earlier each year in the UK winter's are definitely getting shorter. Yippeee!!!!!!

 A Dream of Tangerine here.

 and in 'the city of one hundred hills'....

 ........ 'and one thousand towers'..... 

I was very happy with that....................... Ruchill Park view, above..... 

 ..... as life within a camera viewfinder, can sometimes be,.... a simple quest for beauty and perfection in all things...

 In our 'radiant' environment.............. small plane landing approach strategy....

 .....especially when my muse is walking with me.....

  during this extraordinary......

long lasting.........

 ....often sun drenched autumn.... right into December..... and the last of the leaves...

so  a big "thank you" A💜💙💚.  For being there. Quest accomplished.