October 30, 2004
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Autumn Color in Cincinnati
More Autumn Color
from CincinnatiIt looks as though we may yet have a lot of nice weather in store in Ohio’s generally iffy climate. I am not sure but this evening may be what has been selected as Halloween here in our area as it actually falls Sunday and school the next day. That was never something that stopped us as kids when I was one of the masked marauders. We went out whatever night it was and went to school the next day. Today’s temperature is 69 degrees, nice enough to sit at the end of our drive to dish out the goodies. I have set there in spitting snow. The keeklers don’t come here like they used to, there are more fruitful locations that are chaperoned probably a better choice, we didn’t have to worry about terrorists putting hurtful things in our bags when I was going out to gather up the goodies.
Moving along, we are taking advantage of any day that is nice to get out. We took one of our favorite jaunts on the 25th. It rained all day Saturday and all of the good color I saw in the rain and couldn’t photograph at the time was gone overnight. Not to be cheated out of what might be left, we took one of our favorite scenic drives, about a half hour from our house on Sunday.
Some of Cincinnati’s most beautiful scenery lies in the Spring Grove cemetery. Truly gorgeous, it could be a haunting great place for Halloween festivities. I don’t think they do anything outlandish for Gould and goblins but think it could be a money maker. I ought to ask.
Spring Grove cemetery (A short Spring Grove history, CLICK HERE and Spring Grove arboretum SITE, CLICK HERE) is not only beautiful, it is an historic site as well as very involved in plantings since its beginnings so is classified as an arboretum as well. The cemetery is not the run of the mill outing for scenic drives but the scenes are not run of the mill, either. (Civil war generals buried at Spring Grove, CLICK HERE). Besides the artistic monuments spread over the huge area (733 acres and 40 miles of paved road in this cemetery) there are plantings you might normally see only in another country. This is a cemetery well worth a visit if you love genealogy or are interested in plant life or just love beauty. I have photos I am excited about and won’t post them all at one time saving for days I won’t have new photos to share. So, here is a little more fall color via my camera from the Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The colors we found were vivid.
This is a Sweetgum tree and the backside is burned brown with some green in it. It surprised me and it’s still hard to think there could be the contrast from one side to the other.
The trees above are not an autumn orange but a brown you see on evergreens whose branches have either died or maybe have a seasonal change. The trees were standing in water and their are many knees in the water as well, like you find with Cypress in the swamps of Louisiana. You don’t normally see knees in Ohio that I know of. The height of these trees is around 110 feet, (John’s calculations, not mine).
This photo taken on October 16 is not in the cemetery but about a mile or 3 from our house headed north towards Kings Island a theme park you may be familiar with. It was one of the more colorful trees I have seen this season and I was going to include it in the previous entry but it was somehow left out. You can see clearly we are not the update community with wiring underground. I guess this dates progress made in parts of the country. I wouldn’t miss the wiring if it is ever decided to make it disappear from the scene.
Regards and have a great week,
Comments (11)
About 6 yrs. ago we lived in the city just south of us. Behind the backyards across the street was a large cemetary. It was our favorite place to take a walk. So many different trees, and so calm and peaceful. So beautiful!!
A cemetary on Halloween is perfect!!
Your pictures are so colorful. Our color was not the greatest here this year. Most leaves are down now–especially with the rain and winds we have been having. In our yard, only the red-leaf maple still has a lot of leaves. Most shrubs still have leaves, too.
Oh lovely photos! You have some beautiful color there and you captured it just right. The water looks like glass.
Cincinnati’s fall colors are great! Most of our tree are just turning yellow or else the leave are just falling off without turning at all. The cooler climates really have more color than we do down here in GA.
Wow…Cincinnati looks good…
Propz&Peace,
Yuji
This first picture in this series is amazing. It looks almost like one of those pictures you come across online that move when you move your cursor over it ……..
Glad you not subscribed to that dreadful Lord Pineapple.
Here strong winds have ruined our utumn.
…great pics. MuSe
Thanks for the touch of autumn. It’s what we miss, living in Florida.
these photos are just beautiful!!! I am going to save up money for an inexpensive digital camera for myself. Maybe it can be a Valentine’s Day to myself. Self-love must come first.
you know, having been raised by a narcissistic parent, and the other one being one as well, I was always trying to do for others because I could see that my parents were very self-absorbed and rarely did things for other people unless it was an you-scratch-my-back-oh-ok-now-I-guess-I’ll-scratch-yours arrangement.
Anyway, (tangent), these are simply gorgeous. I stole the one with the reflection on the lake. I am going to purchase one of those disposable digitals so I can take photos of The Option Institute. One of my very fave photos was taken there of this big red tree. If I can find it, I will post it in my next blog which I’ll write before I leave for the retreat.
You are always such a big help. You’re right of course about that young man last night. I had no intention of calling him after he just up and left me behind. That is just arrogant and rude. It is too bad. I mean I wouldn’t have minded going out with him again at some point in the future. I didn’t see the possibility of a long term thing because he doesn’t live in a convenient location and from previous experience, I know things don’t work if you can’t see the person.
But as I said, I’ll meet plenty of other guys. I used to think I needed a dating service. That was a huge mistake and a waste of A LOT OF MONEY, let me tell you.
Live and learn.
love your header, looks like he’s having fun! also love the colors of the leaves and the lake reflection is great, I love reflecting waters
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