Autumn Leaves

The first day of October so a suitably autumnal theme to start the month which we in the UK definitely regard as Autumn.  We can no longer pretend that there will still be some summer sun!  This image is made from various bits of smoke coloured in Photoshop and then all put together in PS to represent the falling leaves. Lots of time but fun to do!

One of my favourite poets is Robert Frost - here is his poem 'October'...

October
BY ROBERT FROST
O hushed October morning mild,
Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call;
Tomorrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow.
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
Beguile us in the way you know.
Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
One from our trees, one far away.
Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst.
Slow, slow!
For the grapes’ sake, if they were all,
Whose leaves already are burnt with frost,
Whose clustered fruit must else be lost—
For the grapes’ sake along the wall.