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11Oct2008

walked in fields of gold

Everything is just so beautiful around here right now. And the leaves on the trees haven't even changed yet. But when they do I fear my head may explode from beauty overload. We bought a house a couple of months ago and while I wouldn't say it is in the country, it is the closest to the country I have ever lived. There are corn fields and soy bean fields less than a mile from our house and the golden colors they produce are unreal. Sometimes I stand on our deck and see swatches of colors between the neighbors houses that look like they must have been painted on. But today I drove by a combine that had just swallowed an entire field of corn and my heart sank. I know it's necessary, but don't these farmers know what they are doing to me?! They're taking away these gorgeous fields of gold and soon I'll be left with nothing but fields of gray.

What kind of colors are you seeing right now?

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DateSaturday, October 11, 2008 | AuthorPaige Balcer | in

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    Response: Golden Slumbers
    by Debbie Schinker at Schinker's Shutterbug Site on October 11, 2008
    This is a macro of one of our early performing maple leaves with the late afternoon sun behind it. No post-processing required, just pure natural color there. I love how the sun brought out the vivid colors in the leaf.

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I see red...


<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/longo/2924809776/" title="The message of Red by ePi.Longo, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2924809776_50628758ef.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="The message of Red" /></a>
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterePi.Longo
Another New Englander here! Autumn has the most rich, vivid colors around here. Funny, I took this last weekend, showing the colors my kiddo collected at the park:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2913030420/

And this - the leaves are just starting to turn, and the ocean, well it looks different almost every day!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2923485982/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKathleen O.
it is true my head has been exploding daily with the beauty of fall!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/2918698741/ (golds)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/2907500849/ (vivid oranges)
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkristin
I am in awe every day as I drive to work and school. Mother Nature blows me AWAY every year. We have gold...red...orange...

Now if it would stop raining! I love the fall colors against a deep blue sky. Maybe today...
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterHeather
And a squeal of JOY! Eeeeeee! I can comment on SS again!

*note to self: drink less coffee*
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterHeather
Vibrant colors are easy to find if you look closely in the Black Hills!

http://meadowlarkdays.blogspot.com/2008/10/black-hills-in-autumn-3.html
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenter~ kristina ~
I'm seeing a lot of spring colours at the moment. We're in that really lovely time when winter is over and the sun comes out. Of course, that means my garden really need seeing to, and I'm too busy to get my hands dirty right now.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2930728763/in/photostream/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterNaomi
love fall colors!!
wonderful post!.... now I am singing Sting!! :)
http://www.photoblog.com/abbeyh13/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterabbey
in the south fall comes a little later so a sense of humor is in order ~ I do dangle my feet in the late afternoon!

http://www.redorgray.com/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterELK
Here are some fall images from around here!

http://planetmfiles.com/2008/10/10/fall-images/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterGayle
we are some of those farmers. it is sad when the crops come in. the fields are too bare afterwards. i just blogged about harvesting beans at www.tracithorson.typepad.com.
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTraci
reds, yellows, greens...and this weekend blue skies!

http://secretnotebookswildpages.blogspot.com/2008/10/multicolored-autumn.html
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterm. heart
Although I took this shot in 2006, it very aptly represents what I'm seeing out my window today, on my one tree in my front yard. She's usually one of the first trees on the street to explode into colour!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2931769098/in/set-72157606967353209/

xox
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterjag
I live in Tennessee. The colors of the trees are glowing reds, yellows and oranges - eye candy!

http://airynothings.com/2008/10/11/feast/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterGlad Doggett
Here in NJ the colors are just starting to peek out. We're taking a drive into PA tomorrow tho Just to capture photo's of the colors.

We live surrounded by corn fields. I mean Right up to our property. I may of put some pics on flickr. They cut them all down yesterday. I went out this am and took a few pics. I will share them with you later today...

I know. Its sorta sad..
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterjody
Here's a picture my dad took that I feel captures the essence of gold fairly well...

http://partonpics.blogspot.com/2008/10/tribute-to-dad-autumn.html
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRachel Parton
Paige,
Here is my copy of your photo. Not exact, but my version. I hope you don't mind being an inspiration to me today! Enjoy the weekend.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodyangel/2931283409/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJodyangel
Washington State is a bit undecided about the colors it wants to prominently display so there is a bit of green and orange and red and yellow and blue and gray and I love the variety :) http://flickr.com/photos/blazeyphotography/2930492066/
http://flickr.com/photos/blazeyphotography/2930489182/
http://blazeyphotography.blogspot.com/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBlazey
Hmmm...not quite red but maybe pink!

http://lemondingo.blogspot.com/2008/10/autumn-colors.html
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterdonna
I see the golds too, only mine are Kansas golds. And there's some blue too. :)

http://flickr.com/photos/carrielkoch/2929484107/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCarrie
The only "fall colors" we get here in Florida are the pumpkin patches come Halloween.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fanglord2/2930065448/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJenny Rebecca
I'm seeing yellow today

http://autumnsun08.blogspot.com/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterautumn sun
Still greens for me, as well. Appreciating the gold when I can find it! What a great topic, and these other comments will perhaps give me a hefty dose of fall color. :O)

http://tumblieweed.blogspot.com/2008/10/green-and-golden-brown.html
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterShawna
Here in the Chicagoland area leaves are changing because the weather is so wishy washy. A visit to the Morton Arboretum this time of year feels like you've walked into a painting with the most brilliant colors of golds and reds. Take a look at this shot:

http://stephwiese.squarespace.com/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSteph Wiese
So many beautiful colors. Unfortunately they're all still stuck on my camera since we're still visiting family and I haven't been able to download many photos. Kind of frustrating. But I did manage to download these colors:

ladybugs (trying to hibernate) in leafpile
http://fimby.tougas.net/node/1915

gold and grey
http://fimby.tougas.net/node/1922

prairie grasses at sunset
http://fimby.tougas.net/node/1920
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterrenee @ FIMBY
We've had the most beautiful weather to add bright blue skies to our rainbow leaves. Loving it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11439752@N04/2928811059/
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterdr lyn
http://thestreetismybeat.blogspot.com/2008/10/posted-by-picasa_11.html

Today I visted a bead store - I saw lots of colors!
October 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKate Baumert
Red, green, gold and blue - SO gorgeous! I love seeing all these photos on blogs and flickr.

Here's my week of brilliant color: http://sandycovetrail.blogspot.com/
October 12, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercloudscome
Beautiful image, Paige. Still lots of green hear, but hints of color falling from the sky.
October 13, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterlittlepurplecow (Stephanie Roberts)
your blog makes me feel so very good inside. Would like to link Sandy
October 13, 2008 | Unregistered Commentersandy
The leaves are completely bare now, but a week ago this is how colourful it was up here in the north:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27458974@N00/2909343459/

and now the only leaves are on the ground, dry and crunchy:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27458974@N00/2931126719/

Sorry I'm so late responding :)

Shutter bye bye,
Diane
October 15, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDiane Schuller
Pink, green and golden light for Spring.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2930728763/
October 16, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterNaomi
this is by far the most colorful of the three falls i have experienced in portland. almost as good as the wisconsin autumns of my first 26 years!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilybeth29/2956818775/
October 26, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLiz

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