From 5cd6682a14b78d8875d819c29c69304251642a3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lxf Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 09:56:45 -0500 Subject: re-org of files to make them smaller for less powerful devices --- jrnl/2014-11-22-colors.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 jrnl/2014-11-22-colors.txt (limited to 'jrnl/2014-11-22-colors.txt') diff --git a/jrnl/2014-11-22-colors.txt b/jrnl/2014-11-22-colors.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b791ed1 --- /dev/null +++ b/jrnl/2014-11-22-colors.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +template: single +point: 33.96668418436029,-83.4123777801458 +location: Athens,Georgia,United States +image: 2014/leaf.jpg +desc: Autumn in the South is never as spectacular as is in New England. But still, it is our autumn, our season, our reminder... +dek: Autumn in the South is never as spectacular as is in New England. The colors here are neither as intense nor as long lasting. But still, it is our autumn, our season, our reminder. And this is by far the most colorful year of leaves that we’ve seen in 15 years. +pub_date: 2014-11-22T20:47:06 +slug: colors +title: Colors +--- + +The best thing to do after [eating some muffins][1] is head to the park. + +swings + +Here in the South autumn is never as spectacular as is in New England. The colors here are neither as intense nor as long lasting. But still, it is our autumn, our season, our reminder. And this is by far the most colorful year of leaves that I've seen in 15 years. + +I've spent a good deal of time watching this particular tree next to the swing sets. I've watched it progress from just a faint hint of red at the outer fringes, to something more, as it the red borderline crept toward the center, eventually swallowing the whole tree. The green is pushed inward, back down into the trunk where it will lie waiting through the cold of winter. + +swings + +The day I took these pictures I noticed that this red progression inward also happens on the individual leaves, which start with a bit of red at edge and slowly get swallowed up into redness before they fall. + +swings + +swings + +swings + +These images are a couple of weeks old though. We braved the cold and wind again this morning. The tree was bare. Winter. + +And so it goes. + +[1]: /jrnl/2014/11/muffins + -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2