No nature in sight in this picture, in fact about as far from nature as could be: a shabby, weather-beaten table outside a shabby-looking grill (closed at the time) at a street surrounded by nothing but concrete. Well, there were a few trees struggling to get by amidst the concrete. But the colours fit the season. I find weather-beaten wood surface beautiful, and was somehow fascinated by that discarded plastic cup with the drop of liquid. Probably Coke - or Pepsi, as the grill had Pepsi logos. You CAN find beauty in unexpected places.
Yesterday was such an amazing autumn day: +17 C and sunny - and it's nearly October! I went to the woods again to pick trumpet chanterelles. I can't help going to the nearby woods every chance I get, I admit it's a bit of an addiction. It's the joy of finding - and trumpet chanterelles are brown in colour so they disguise themselves well. But it's also the colours and the crisp fall fragrance. I don't know where it comes from. Is it the fallen leaves? The peat moss? The carpet of pine and fir tree needles? The soil itself? All of it? Anyhow, I love it. It's a fragrance that's only there in the autumn.
4 comments:
oh yes, the picture captures the colours of Autumn. Enjoy the Trumpets, our's won't be in season for a couple of more months. wonderful to eat 'off the land'.
There is beauty in all types of dessication and dilapidation, Maria. You have shown us that often. I so agree about the scents and colours of autumn. I think has to do with he decaying process of the leaves, but it's a very special scent indeed.
Enjoy your chanterelles! They're free and they're fresh.
I love this season too- it is visually beautiful, and things smell so fresh somehow.
Enjoy your mushrooms!
xx
AM
my gosh you have an eye. You and my cousin are so similar in what you capture: textures and colours above all else. Honestly.
I love the sip of wine and that it matches the table top, which has so much texture to it I would not begin to imagine nature is not all around this space. Would make a lovely cd cover. I can hear an A on a guitar or take me down to a D minor.
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