Spring Has Sprung and Fall Has Fell, Part 3

In order to make sure credit is given where it is due, I must recognize that this photograph would not have been taken had not Darby gotten a wild hair about her and taken off down a side trail on Black Creek Park's Rails to Trails. There is seemingly no accounting for her urges, but once in a while, I find myself grateful for them.

White Oak Leaves Lying Nestled on the Forest Floor in Fultondale, Alabama

Also found in the "Flora" Gallery, here

Spring Has Spring and Fall Has Fell, Part 2

The last vestiges of Color cling to a Sweetgum Leaf amidst a dreary Winter Pallet

on the Rails to Trails at Black Creek Park in Fultondale, Alabama

Spring Has Spring and Fall Has Fell, Part 1

A Sweetgum Leaf stands out against the seasonal carnage in late Autumn

on the Rails to Trails at Black Creek Park in Fultondale, Alabama

This photo can be found in the "Flora" gallery, here.

Blue Morning Glory Blooming in Early Autumn

Last of the Morning Glory blooming in early Autumn

at Black Creek Park, in Fultondale, Alabama

Autumn at Elmwood

After dropping Anna off at work yesterday morning, I had some time before I would be able to get into the office, so I did what any normal person would do in that situation on a rainy morning...went to the cemetery. I had driven through Elmwood Cemetery, located in western Birmingham, briefly about five years ago and hadn't been back since. 

Since I wasn't planning on this little side trip, and wasn't in my own vehicle, I didn't have the camera I generally keep in the car. My only photographic device was my iPhone, so I was glad to have already experimented with it at the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge on Friday.

Aside from Elmwood being a really old cemetery, and thus having some nifty monuments and tombstones, it also has some really large old trees that are currently holding and shedding some vibrant foliage.

Other posts involving the photographing of cemeteries include: Greenwood Cemetery Vol. I and Vol. II, and Johnson Cemetery in the Sipsey Wilderness.

Festive Fall Fireworks

Pretty soon, it's going to be boring, drab ole' winter, 

so enjoy these colorful bursts of foliage autumn provides.

Autumnal Equinox