Autumn at Morton Arboretum, 2024
October 27, 2024
I didn’t take many photos or any video during the only trip to Morton Arboretum for fall colors. It’s hard to capture that glow with an iPhone from a moving car, but here we go.
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Late October color at Promontory Point
Autumn color at Promontory Point
October 8, 2022
Autumn Saturday afternoon promenade around Promontory Point. But first the view on Friday that drew me outdoors on Saturday despite the persnickety and painful nerve.
The leaves were colorful in person under a beautiful autumn sun. This year the color snuck up on me, and I don’t know how long it will last.
Throes of autumn seen in a sycamore leaf
A couple of years ago, I discovered giant sycamore leaves at Morton Arboretum. They’re beautiful even in death, like this one from Sand Ridge Nature Center in South Holland, Illinois.
Morton Arboretum’s golden trees of autumn
28 October 2018
Neither photo nor video could capture the incandescent yellow glow of the prosaically named East Woods at Morton Arboretum, glowing despite the dreary, drizzly weather.
Autumn sunrise at Promontory Point
Those bits of blue sky tantalize, don’t they?
Followed this afternoon by a hint of a rainbow.
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
A National Historic Landmark and a Chicago Landmark, the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool is an oasis of calm and peace if not quiet in bustling Lincoln Park. It’s a little like the Secret Garden without the stone walls or English-style landscaping.
A splash of autumn color near Wolf Lake in Indiana
November 6, 2016
Autumn color lingers through early November, even at Wolf Lake in northwest Indiana.
Autumn serenity at Promontory Point
November 6, 2016
Autumn Sunday morning promenade around Promontory Point.
Autumn leaves and afternoon shadows
When you go out in the afternoon at this time of year, it feels late, like the creep of time is accelerating.