The rewards of the waning year

An autumnal sadness sometimes creeps into the end of the year, when the days get shorter and the leaves start falling. But now is the time to appreciate one of the overlooked joys of the garden: the play of light across the landscape. Dave has been in this house 20 years and never gets tired of watching the nuances of light in different seasons.

The low-hanging winter sun sends elongated shadows sloping through the yard, lighting the golden leaves on fire. New experiences of space emerge among the shapes of trees never noticed in the full leafy bustle of summer.

God rewards the early riser....if you stay inside til 10 am you will never see the outline of this tree sketched on the ground!

Their moment in the sun: the humble buttonbush and a coralbark maple. Brilliant!

Photos taken by Dave Rolston at some ridiculous hour of the morning