If you like color...

Isn't this too gorgeous for words?! How did the purple show up there?!!

My wonderful neighbor from so many years ago and and still most dear friend, Barbara Orsow, a nature photographer, just sent me breathtaking photos she took in Ashland, Oregon's Lithia Park. I have to be reminded that it is autumn in the U.S. while we're heading into summer here in South Africa.

Here are a few more of my very favorites:

I LOVE COLOR!

The following photo is a composition that hints at a story. Perhaps someone lonely was sitting on that bench amidst all the beauty God has painted. Was it a man or woman, and what story did the solitary person have to tell?

Barbie, the following photo can't be real! Who painted those trees? Who curved that sidewalk and threw those leaves on the curving sidewalk? Did you do that, dear friend? 

Heaven Admin recently told me about the Golden Ratio that the great artists use. Do you use the Golden Ratio in your photographs, dear Barbara?