Red Oak Leaf, Caught in Prairie Grasses

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Red Leaf, Afloat in the Prairie © 2007

Caught in golden grass
As red oak leaf drifts to earth
Seeks freedom of wind.

Photographed on November 10, 2007 at Owen Conservation Park in Madison, Wisconsin.

Early November in Wisconsin

Owen Park Autumn Red

Autumn in Layers © 2007

Not yesterday I learned to know
The love of bare November days
Before the coming of the snow….
– – – Robert Frost “My November Guest”

The earth is covered knee deep in leaves in the wooded areas of Owen Park, but there are a few trees refusing to drop their leaves and the sumac still shows red.

Owen Conservation Park, Madison, Wisconsin November 1, 2007.

 

 

Living on the Edge

Maybe a Lake View Wasn’t Such a Good Idea?

Tree with a Lake View © 2007

I am not an adventurer by choice, but by fate. ~ Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

This tree took root on the edge of a rocky precipice. Will there be a plunge into Lake Michigan in its near future?

Photographed in Peninsula State Park, Fish Creek, Wisconsin

Acorn to Oak Tree

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Oak Leaves, A Portrait © 2007

At the forest’s edge
An acorn has taken fruit
Four leaves, an oak tree.

This fledgling oak tree was photographed in Owens Conservation Park in Madison, Wisconsin in late October.

Solitary Tree

Solitary Tree

Solitary Tree ©2007

Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one’s own person is its ultimate reward. ~ Patricia Sampson

This solitary tree stands in a small remnant of prairie located in Owen Conservation Park in Madison, Wisconsin.