Saturday, November 10, 2007

Autumn has arrived!

The autumn colours have been spectacular on the mountains, with the trees turning from green to oraneg and yellow. We went for a walk in the woods at the foot of the gorge and the woods across the river were brilliant colours.


























We get some beautiful cloud effects in the mountains. Often the tops of the far mountains are visible but the lower slopes are wreathed in cloud.







































The shadows are also often beautiful, changing from minute to minute and best in the early morning.

















The first snow arrived late in October, but only on the higher mountains. It gradually disappeared, and for a few days the river ran very high.






































This morning we awoke to find snow on the nearest hills and flakes gently drifting down. Autumn has not been very long.












2 comments:

heffalump said...

hi clare
am hoping to post a comment, but have been going round the houses trying to open a blog, wh seems the only way to post here
shan't write more till i know if this works!
cheers
harriet

heffalump said...

wow, progress at last!
had to beak off for tea - spaghetti bolognese, as made by robin - we used to eat it often but this was a first for ages
love your pics - is it actually cold outside?
dry cold better than the everlasting harpenden wet cold fogginess!
bet you're glad of your down coat!
swimming again today, making my legs do some work, very good for them - and me!
cheers
harriet