When winter meets autumn Surprise this morning, November 9th. Autumn is fading. A little pair for the little dog... Looking downriver at a coal freighter unloading November midday sun Riverfront St. Clair City, Michigan Locally grown 'Empire' apples The last leaves holding out Winter lace Maggie playing 'hide and seek'. A gull in line with the freighter. Coast Guard Cutter "Hollyhock" is also an icebreak… City block in Port Huron, Michigan. A 'Salty' coming up the river on the way into Lake… Leaf of a Chestnut Oak ? Leaf of a Black Oak Thanksgiving day in our family's backyard. Bittersweet berries Magical light The old oak in its final glory A White Pine seedling, will it survive the harsh w… November wind... Ornamental Pear trees in November Ornamental pear tree leaves. November sky Reds and yellows of ornamental pear trees. Ornamental Pear Ornamental Pears A few hundred years old... A forest I knew as a child Old house in my hometown, Northern Germany Clickety-clanc travel in the country Giant Horse Chestnut Raking leaves, a thing of the past. Shadows The last October colors. Leaves I will store in my memory... Halloween eyes are following you, boooh! Crab apples Burning Bush (Euonymus) Stripes, all natural. All on one maple tree. Explosion of color along the trail.