Ahhh Fall Colors in Michigan

I love Autumn.  The colors are just so striking that it makes things that you didn't normally take notice of before seem extraordinary.  This school, above, which sadly closed this year due to who knows what, is even more lovely because of this gorgeous tree.   I had never noticed how very well shaped that tree is, too.  

This red house is lovely all times of the year, but when I peeked at the house under the yellow and orange of the leaves, the house is greatly enhanced.

Moores River Park, where I took all but the first photo, is just teeming with yellow leaved trees.  The sun was shining this day and the yellow was positively glowing.  This little red tree was holding its own though.  Some day when I get photoshop, I'm going to enhance the color on this little red tree, because it popped a lot more from the background of yellow.

Looking up the hill from the river was this lovely sight.  Look at all of that beautiful color.  It's been raining heavily for the past two days so I'm sure that the ground is thick with leaves.  I'm so glad that I decided to just spend an hour and walk around and take photos this day because it doesn't look like this now.  Not even close.

This is my second favorite photo of the day.  I tell you, I'm in love with those yellow leaves.

This almost looks like a colorized black and white, but it's not. 

I wanted to go get some water and fill up that little well in the tree's trunk.  I'd title this photo something like "watering hole" or "water dish" or something like that. 

This is my very favorite photo of the whole day.  Heck, it could be my favorite of the year.  I love the way you can see all of the branches - they almost look like lightning bolts through a sky of yellow. 

You can click on any of the photos to get a larger view.  I made them all quite large so you could fill your screen with the Fall Colors of Michigan :)

Have a wonderful weekend.
Kristin