Can you hear the leaves crunching underfoot?
water striders and
sunlit autumn afternoons
always float my boat.
Late October was the perfect time to visit the Oregon Garden for fall colors.
Four large brick reflecting pools and and forty brick planters occupy this garden plaza.
Each brick planter contains one Pacific Sunset Maple tree.
Some of these planters are built right into the reflection pools,
others line the paths through this plaza,
which is knowns as The Bosque.
The Bosque is one of my favorite spots at the Oregon Garden.
in cahoots with muddy boots 
She IS BACK! By popular demand. Wondrous as usual.
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Absolutely stunning! While a bit late … have a great start to your new year!
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Thank you! I hope you had a guten Rutsch as well! 🙂
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Hey Sabine! You’re truly an artist with your camera. Beautiful!! I hope you had a nice Christmas and New Year!
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Thank you, Missy! It was truly a gorgeous day and I felt like I was walking through a postcard. We had a great Christmas at the Oregon Garden and a relaxing New Year’s Eve at home. I hope your holidays were fun filled with your grandkids and family!
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These photos are beautiful, Sabine. I love the way you use reflection to offer a different perspective. So good to see you back. Hope you had a wonderful holiday.
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Thank you, LuAnne! It’s good to be back and yes, I had a great holiday. I hope you did as well! 🙋♀️
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Gr8 photos. Love the water strider. They float my boat too:
Kelly green moss on
rocks near the clear quiet stream
with water striders
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Thank you Mel! Love your haiku! 😊
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Wonderful photograph as always, Sabine. It helps make the winter not so dreary seeing all those colors. Hope you are doing well.
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Hey Marlene, I hope you get a chance to visit the Oregon Garden sometime. It’s always beautiful there, but autumn is especially nice. The colors were spectacular that day. Things have settled down here and I’ve been working on getting back into my groove. How are things with you?
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I’m good if not a lot behind. Finally have Christmas put away but daughter has been home most of the week with a sore throat. People go to work sick and give it to everyone. We are keeping our distance from each other. Maybe this summer I’ll get to the Oregon Gardens. Glad to see you had a good holiday and wishing you a great 2020.
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What gorgeous colours, Sabine.
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Thanks Jolandi! It really was a spectacular fall here! 🍁
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These are just exquisite pictures Sabine – you have captured the beauty that is Fall, with those trees cloaked in autumn tones and then the leaves falling onto the water. You have some beautiful reflections of the trees on the water as well. No wonder this is a favorite spot for you to go to to enjoy nature’s beauty with your camera in tow. Our Fall was interrupted by the snow storm on the 11th of November and unbelievably many trees have not lost their leaves yet and a warm spell at Christmastime caused some flowering trees to bud. I have missed your beautiful images.
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Hi Linda! Thanks so much for your kind words! It truly was a glorious day for taking photographs and also spending time in a peaceful place. We haven’t seen even a speck of snow here and I hope it stays that way. I’m happy that you enjoy my blog! 😊
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I do enjoy your blog Sabine and it was well worth the wait for your return with these beautiful Fall shots in such a peaceful venue. Fall has always been my favorite season and I feel a little cheated this year. All the rain caused not much color this year, nor last year either. Then we had the snowstorm … the trees are confused. So it was beautiful to see your colorful shots and the reflections and the cute water strider as well. We have some snow this morning and I understand it is quite slick out there as lots of accidents. No walk today and not sure if I am going to be sweeping or shoveling – now it is a little lighter, so I’ll look before I suit up.
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Every picture is a work of art!
Well done!
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Thank you! it’s a beautiful place where I love to visit as often as I can.
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I can understand why!
I won’t keep bothering you lol! Have a blessed night!
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No worries! Part of the fun of blogging is the interaction with people around the world. Are you here in the US?
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Yes ma’am! In the good old southeast.
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We’re on opposite ends of the country!
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I’m rather envious of you because I’ve always wanted to go to the rainforests in Oregon!
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It’s beautiful here! If you ever get a chance to visit allow lots of time. We have the mountains, high desert in Central Oregon, the valley and of course the coast. I’ve only been to Florida in your neck of the woods. It was a great trip! Some day I hope to get out your way again some day.
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I didn’t know about the desert!!
I’m a mountainaholic lol!!
You should!
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Our desert here is not quite like the desert of the Southwest. For lots of sand dunes google the Oregon Dunes! The mountains are beautiful! I think every place on earth has something special about it. My husband grew up in the South and often talked about his childhood there.
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Everywhere has its awesomeness. But the south is where it’s at 😁
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