Evidence of the pending arrival of fall is plentiful at local grocery stores. Tonight the sounds of high school football will fill the air as the Anacortes Seahawks play their first home game.
For a slice of the “Cascades Highway” experience in terms of fall colors, see the trees in the neighborhood of the North Basin of Cap Sante Boat Haven, just one block south of 4th Street.
Take deciduous red and green, add blue sky backdrop and camera flash to avoid silouette, and you’ve got a digital snapshot of things to come. The smell of fall came first and now, with temperature fluctuations, come the colorful changes of the season.
This fallen leaf, caught between fern fronds just inches from the forest floor, stands as evidence that a season change is underway.
After all, it IS October 31. Cold and clear yesterday, which makes for some great photo opportunities. This photo was taken from Fidalgo Bay Road, just above the former site of Publishers Plywood Mill. In the center is the “Enchantress,” a vessel that sunk and was abandoned.
Cold temperatures have painted the local scene, including these hues of gold on a sweeping curve of Fidalgo Bay Road. Mt. Baker is beautiful today too, dressed in a new layer of snow.
Vibrant colors of a 9th Street tree succumbing to the powers of the fall season…
A derelict boat now serving a landscaping function gathers leaves as changing weather begins to strip Madrone tree branches. The old boat is located on the lawn of the Captain Whidbey Inn near Coupeville.
Take morning sun, fall leaves and three elementary school buddies and you’ve got the ingredients for a great “before the bell” adventure. This photograph was taken Friday in front of Island View Elementary School.
This is one of several beautiful maple trees located outside Brodniak Hall at Anacortes High School. I was near the historic AHS bell when someone played “Taps” over the PA system in recognition of Veterans Day, which is tomorrow.
Afternoon sunlight backlights the green and gold leaves of trees lining the lane into Grand View Cemetery in Anacortes.
I recall gathering leaves each fall to bring to school, where they would then be used either to decorate the room, or as central figures in art projects. Wasn’t there a procedure involving wax paper and an iron? Didn’t we all trace around the edges of a leaf, then choose carefully from our box of […]