Each year I’m on the search for the perfect day of fall. The one day when the leaves are at their ultimate peak, the weather is perfect and all is right with the world.
A day too soon and the color isn’t quite right yet. A day too late and there are too many leaves on the ground and not enough in the trees.
We’re talking narrow window here.
Some years the perfect fall day never arrives.
The leaves end up falling off the trees at the wrong time.
A big storm may blow through and violently throw the leaves to the ground before they’ve reached their peak. Other years we may not have had the right mix of sunny, warm days and cool, crisp nights in order for mother nature to work her technicolor wonders.
But this year. This year has been a good one.
On Friday, I found THE day.
Fall perfection.
Kim @ Savvy Southern Style
So pretty and a lot of ours blew off yesterday off this one maple tree out front that I think I have seen in full color one time.
Laurel@ChippingwithCharm
Beautiful!! Glad you found “it” 🙂
Vickie @ Ranger 911
Pretty photos, Pam. I hope the rest of ours fall off before they’re covered in snow. It makes for a very messy spring.
Linda@Coastal Charm
Stunning pics Pam. Our day has not come yet:(
Blessings,
Linda
Joanne Noragon
Love it when some green is left. I like your browns on the ground and yellows on the trees.
Debbie
Aaahhh….perfect.
TracyMB @ Crows Feet Chic
Absolutely gorgeous. What I’ve got outside is nearly a foot of absolutely too soon and it arrived yesterday. Sigh. Out goes the fall decor, hello winter. Lovely shots… Wanna trade?
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
Oh you are right, Pam…perfect…
Shara
Gorgeous! I found my four hour window on Thursday in between rain when the sun was hitting and everything was alive with color. Just beautiful!
20 North Ora
What beautiful sights. Just gorgeous and perfect.
Judy
Melinda
Gotta love it when you find THAT
day! Beautiful pics.
M : )
Lara
So beautiful. It has been SUCH a beautiful fall. We are supposed to get three days of rain…sure hope the leaves aren’t all gone (so soon!) as a result.
TARYTERRE
I know exactly what you mean. Glad you got your day in.
Musings from Kim K.
Gorgeous pictures. It has been an amazing fall. The color has lingered longer than usual in West MI. Our rake is going to be working overtime in the near future.
Custom Comforts
Very pretty Pam. We have had the perfect fall here in Ohio. I think that is why I’ve been so reluctant to let it go. And I’m dreading the leaf raking. Hopefully it will stay warm long enough to get the leaves up. Maybe they’ll all come down at once and make a quick job of it instead of dragging on for weeks.
Cindy
susie @ persimmon moon cottage
Your pictures are beautiful! Last Friday I spent a lot of time outside in the sun and wind and leaves with my grandson. I left the camera in the house because I wanted to focus on and enjoy the moments as they happened. Tomorrow, if everything goes as planned, I hope to get out and take some pics of our pretty Fall before it passes. We are supposed to have rain by Tuesday and it may knock the leaves off.
Don’t you love the way everything is lit with color when the sun shines through the bright colored trees!
Robin Johnson
Pam your photos are so, so pretty. I know what you mean about finding the right time. sadly I missed that window here this year.
Kerin
Beautiful, and perfect!
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hope this week is wonderful for you .
Pamela
Ha! I know exactly what you are saying!!!!! Yes this has been the perfect fall and don’t know if it’s because i was living in rainy damp land for so long! But yes sometimes storms ruin it don’t they??? But the colors and abundance of leaves this year oh it has been wonderful!
Sherry@Back2Vintage
Perfect!!!! So glad you found THE day!!!