Tag Archives: autumn

Ahhctober!

Posted on October 1, 2021 by mitchteemley

Autumn colors will peak this month in most of the Northern Hemisphere. How inspiring is it? If you google “landscape paintings,” over half the images you see will have been painted in October. Ditto photographs. And if you’re south of … Continue reading →

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Fall Has Fell!

Posted on September 23, 2021 by mitchteemley

Artwork by The Creators Canvas Wishing all of my fellow-Northern-Hemispherians a Happy Autumnal Equinox! (And a Happy Spring Equinox to all of my Southern-Hemispherian friends!)  Of course, technically the equinox (“equal night”) was yesterday–or the day before that for those … Continue reading →

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Summer 2021, Thanks for the Meme-ories

Posted on September 17, 2021 by mitchteemley

Summer 2021 was odd, but we pretended it wasn’t. And now that Autumn is coming, we’re conflicted. But then, we’re human, so we feel that way every year (see quotes at the end). Summer 2021, we hardly knew you. Click … Continue reading →

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Stark Beauty

Posted on December 14, 2020 by mitchteemley

photo by Guido Montanes Castillo (mask available at fineartamerica.com) Thought for the Week Who doesn’t love autumn? And by “autumn,” of course, we mean mid-fall when all the leaves on the trees have finally turned to gold and amber and … Continue reading →

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Autumnal Shoot In Margam Park, Wales

Posted on November 25, 2020 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on OneCameraOneLens:
Today was the first day we were able to get out with Great Photography Walks South Wales since Wales came out of lockdown yesterday. We prayed for good weather as it has been very wet lately,…

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Goodbye, Autumn. Hello, Fall.

Posted on November 10, 2020 by mitchteemley

Why does this season have two names? Dictionaries devote multiple paragraphs to the answer. I can do it in two pictures: AUTUMN FALL Any questions? Good. Now get back to raking! For years now, I’ve engaged in a fall ritual … Continue reading →

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Our Autumn Getaway

Posted on November 6, 2020 by mitchteemley

Sometimes you need to visit the past to face the present. My wife and I love doing location-scouting daytrips for future films. They give us an opportunity to be together while exploring our adopted region. For the last several years … Continue reading →

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October Madness

Posted on October 17, 2020 by mitchteemley

Election fever Tempers boiling People screaming Our world on the brink of survival And then there’s this… “You’re welcome.” ~God “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ~L.M. Montgomery

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Hurry Up and Stay, Fall!

Posted on September 24, 2020 by mitchteemley

Do you call it Fall, from the old Germanic word fallan? Which literally means to “fall,” as in the temperatures or the leaves, or both. Or do you call it Autumn? A prettier word from the Latin autumnus. Still, it’s … Continue reading →

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Our Fall Getaway

Posted on November 5, 2019 by mitchteemley

(Click on any image to enlarge it, or to begin slide show) A few of my diehard blog mateys may have noticed my recent lack of attention to your jolly comments and pungent posts! (I have no idea why I … Continue reading →

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