My Virginia Creeper- clinging on!
I’m being a little bit naughty this morning, but hey, it’s Sunday! I’m allowed? I just have time to squeeze in two challenges before I go walking again tomorrow. The forecast is wet so I’ll have to take the sunshine with me.
An abandoned leaf- but it’s still green!
This one’s properly ‘washed out’
And this one- a brittle brown
But I do find colour hard to resist
Do you have a favourite? Or some leaves to share?
I’m contributing to Festival of leaves- week 3 and also squeezing in a last minute entry to 1 Day 1 World Project 9:00 to 10:00. I should just get away with the latter because Lisa is all the way over in Seattle so way behind the UK in hours. I’ve been meaning to rejoin her challenge for weeks and time is just slipping away. I took these yesterday morning, on my way to zumba, in the rain.
If you can squeeze some time, please join in with either or both of these challenges. They’re so worthwhile. Happy weekend!
restlessjo 
They’re lovely, especially when wet. I seem to be behind with capturing autumn – I’m in denial!
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You and me both! I suspect it’s coming with a big ‘woomph’ this week, Gilly. Hang on to your hat 🙂
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I like them all!!
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That’s what I like to hear! Thank you very much 🙂
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They are all lovely. I think I liked the ‘washed out’ one best. Perhaps not the prettiest, but the arrangement is interesting.
Busy Busy gal you are! 🙂
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Hopelessly busy right now! Half of the ironing done and 2/3rds of tomorrow’s walk 🙂 🙂
Glad you like them.
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Beautiful and colorful leave to fill the 9 to 10 am. Very clever, Jo! I love the pink color, but I also like how you take these leaves from different angles.
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I’ve been hopeless with Lisa’s challenge, Amy. I took some for the 8-9 slot last week then didn’t find time to post them. The penny ‘dropped’ as I wandered down to zumba yesterday morning that the timing was right, if only I could find time to post. Sunday is a busy household day for me and I try to write my walk in gaps in the weekend. Back I go! 🙂
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Plus, you have a weekly theme to take care. It’s growing so fast and into a big community, amazing. Blogging and post all are very consuming.
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beautiful! we had rainstorm here yesterday and I kept admiring the beautiful colors of the fallen leaves- maybe I will go back and photograph a few!
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Yes- go quickly! They soon shrivel and blow away, and then I’m sad all winter. 🙂
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A wonderful collection of leaves, Jo! I especially like the little brown one 🙂 The colours are just beautiful, thanks for taking part again
xx
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Thanks for the opportunity, Verena. Everybody loves Autumn leaves, don’t they? Many thanks for the reblog too.
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Reblogged this on Festival of Leaves.
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I love the Virginia Creeper, Jo! The color is magnificent. I love that no two leaves are exactly the same…kind of like people. Happy Sunday!
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That’s a nice thought, Jill 🙂 We’ve lived in this house for 25 years and it’s a part of the family now. I hate when it’s leaves fall off in winter. You too!
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Lovely colours, Jo. Is that a pink Hydrangea I see there? The glistening Virginia creeper is my favourite. 🙂
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The hydrangea are all wizened but hanging on to their colour, Ad. I was rushing down the road to zumba but I just had to stop for this clump. 🙂
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A beautiful collection of leaves Jo – even though they are a little wet 🙂
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So was I, Colline 🙂 Dried out today!
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Happy weekend to you too, Jo! Norfolk is sunny and dry and so much hoping for rain, send it down to them … Lovely shots of the leaves, what would autumn be without them.
Enjoy your walk tomorrow!
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Thanks a lot, Dina 🙂 It’s sunny and mild again today but I’m too busy to go out and enjoy it. 😦 I think rain is sweeping the country tomorrow so Norfolk should get a share.
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Amazing colours, Jo ! That first one reminds me of the famous O. Henry story …
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The famous O. Henry story? Whisper in my ear, Mrs. M. I seem to’ve missed it 🙂
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Leaf
You’d need to be a fair bit older, Jo, to’ve been an O. Henry reader.
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Oh, bless! What a lovely, yet sad, story. I shall treasure that one, Mrs. M. I’d better not go dancing in the rain and catching pneumonia. 🙂
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“The forecast is wet so I’ll have to take the sunshine with me.” Love it! I really like your Virginia creeper, I didn’t know about the festival of leaves – I’m sure I have a few leaf pics I could share. 🙂
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I bet you do! And you’ll give them the beautiful treatment too 🙂
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Thank you Jo 🙂 I have prepared something, but I’ll wait until tomorrow to post, thanks for the introduction 😀 xoxo
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I love these photos, and I think the Virginia creeper might be my favourite. I’ll have to keep a look out when I am out this afternoon for some interesting leaves.
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I like the brittle brown one best, I think, but I’m well capable of changing my mind. 🙂 It’s beautiful weather for a walk today but I’m up to my ears in ironing etc. Ugh! 😦
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I don’t mind ironing too much – if there is something on TV/radio to amuse me while I do it!
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It’s non stop football on Sundays in our house 😦 NFL now! I’m waiting for him to go back to Leeds, fed and watered, so I can watch the Strictly dance off. 🙂
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All beautiful in their own way – if I have to pick a favourite it would be your Virginia Creeper I just love the colour! It’s raining here in Perth too today we are having rather bizarre weather very warm for a couple of days then the temperature plummets and a cold front sweeps in from the ocean. Just dashed out for a bracing walk by the sea between showers 🙂 I will have to look in to these challenges – am still learning about “links” though. I took some lovely photos a couple of weeks back of our beautiful walk down by the sea which I’m hoping to turn into a post for your “Monday Walks” one week it’s such a great idea!
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Oh, please do, Rosemay! It can be as long or as short as you like. I should be working on tomorrow’s now but I have a heap of the son’s ironing needs doing. I’m indulging in a little escapism before I go back to it. 🙂
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I will try and do it this week Jo! 🙂
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The Virginia Creeper is my favourite – gorgeous colour.
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It’s lovely, isn’t it? It’s right up to our gutters now and Mick needs to do a bit of cutting back but the wind will have it all over the garden soon. 🙂
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I love the up view and the second one is my favorite – the green one on the bumpy surface – nice contrast and a neat to see a green one down…
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Knew I could rely on you for an opinion, Y. 🙂 I’m torn between the bumpy one and the brittle one.
Hope your weekend’s going well 🙂
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Beautiful – I can almost smell that lovely autumnal wet leaves smell 🙂
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They’re lovely, aren’t they? The sun’s back out again this morning but I have a house full of jobs 😦
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I love the idea of a festival of leaves, and your damp ones are delicious. We’re a bit desperate for damp here – and as for festivals, the one to the fore in my head at the moment is HuntFest which is proposing the sale of guns at their festival in my peaceful part of the world. Your leaves make infinitely more sense.
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Guns! Why hasn’t anybody had the sense to ban them worldwide yet, Meg? We’d only find another way to do each other harm, I suppose. Vote leaves! Yay! 🙂
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I just remembered Meg- Happy Anniversary for yesterday! Hope you had a lovely evening. 🙂
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Thank you so much but we’ve had daylight saving creep and it now begins three weeks earlier. Anniversary is 29th.
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Ah-ha! That’s when ours still is, or roundabout then. We’re back to Tavira on 30th Oct so it will be that weekend when we’re away. 🙂
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Lovely photos =)
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Thanks, Ana 🙂 Squeezed in! It’s dry this morning but not for long, I understand.
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