Autumn on My Street
I really love my little tree lined street. It is part of one of Ann Arbor's historic districts and is full of unique old houses built in the 1800s that have been painted with all manner of colors. Being only four blocks long traffic rarely comes down my street generally making it pretty peaceful. On the flip side because it is so close to downtown you see a fair number of people walking which makes it seem homey.
While I adore my street year round, it really is especially magical in the autumn as the tall old trees change their colors. There is a slight hill at the one end of my street and I love turning onto it and looking like I am descending into a sea of vibrant leaves. Sometimes I pinch myself thinking how unbelievable it is that I get to live in such a great neighborhood.
Since I was out of town for some of the peak colors this year I thought I would share a combination of pictures that I took this fall as well as some of my favorites from last year.
Although I took the dying tree in my backyard down I still have two enormous maple trees in my front yard that are truly lovely each fall. They turn a beautiful yellow and crimson making it a beautiful sight to look up as I walk in my front door everyday. I especially love it when the sun is right over head making the leaves so brilliant they seem on fire.
After a bunch of leaves fall they look so pretty I almost don't want to rake them off my steps. It looks a lot nicer than my cracked cement that I need to fix this summer!
The picture below on the right is the view from one of the windows in my master bedroom. Who can't help but smile looking out on that in the morning?
Although they aren't on my street I couldn't help but share these photos of a church and the elementary school that are around the block from me that I took on Sunday. The brick buildings look especially great surrounded by a little fall color.
My only wish is that the leaves would stay on the trees just a little longer, not just because I love the way my street looks but also so that I could put off raking leaves in my yard just a little longer...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 8:04AM | Posted by Lisa | 4 Comments | Share Article | Email Article | Print Article 
Reader Comments (4)
Beautiful trees, great photos. I use to whine about Autumn was the death of summer and the doorway to winter - I stopped that thinking years ago (thankfully) and now like you I love the colours of Autumn and all the beauty of nature and her paintings with such vibrant colour. It would be interesting to make the church a focal point for the seasonal changes. I wonder how it will look snow covered.
By the way how are you doing with your Project Life album?
Mary-Lou- Thank you! The church looks really pretty in the winter covered with snow. I'll have to make sure to snap a photo this year. My project life album has fallen by the wayside lately. I'll have to catch up at some point...
I absolutely love seeing photos of this change of season. Here in Florida, we have green or brown (dead) leaves, nothing else, so seeing the brilliant colors in your area is a real treat!
Sandy- Thank you! When I lived in California I really missed all the fall colors, too.