I love the grand sweep, but it's all in the details

I love fall--maybe it comes from growing up in Michigan, where colors like this were everywhere, and not just where the city planners had planted the trees, but the change of the seasons and the amazing colors thrill me. I love the sweep of color, and the way the same stand of trees change from year to year, depending on the year's weather...
I love the way puddles catch leaves and reflections and become windows...

But most of all, I LOVE the detail in an individual leaf. Each leaf is a masterpiece in and of itself, and just to see the color flow and the veining and the contrast make me feel like I have found a treasure every time I see another gem laying in the grass, or stuck on a rock.

And who can pass up the mushrooms--especially these beauties with their oh-so-wonderfully textured tops? They look like some elf has painstakingly glued styrofoam pieces to them.

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Does a twist qualify as an angle? This spider web was fascinating. The only thing that would've made it even more perfect would've been some dew!

And, one more angle reflection....

Out-of-Season Beauty

A friend brought me a bouquet of tulips the other day--such a wonderful splash of color in our grey wet days. This one opened up almost flat, and I just couldn't resist the way the center and stamens (anthers?) floated in a sea of color.

Autumn Birches

Another oldie--never even got out of the house today...too much to do for DH. For those who asked about the boat yesterday: When the tide comes in, the boats ride high. The ball in the foreground is a mooring bouy, and the length of the chain shows how deep the water rises.

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It's too wet to be out looking for angles, so this is from earlier this summer, when the tide was out. THIS is the reason why this bay is called Useless Bay...when the tide is out, it is useless for boats, but perfect for beachcombing.

I was tagged by Celine (redsie) yesterday for the Book Tag.

Here’s the rules of the tag:

1. Get the book on your nightstand (or whatever book you are currently reading).

2. Open it to page 56 and find the 5th sentence.

3. Post the next couple of sentences on your blog, along with these instructions.

4. Do not go and find your favorite book, it has to be the one you are reading now!

5. Tag 5 other people to do the same.

I am currently (re)reading "A Rather Lovely Inheritance" by C.A. Belmond:

When it got round to the French will, however, all five of the party raised their heads in alertness and sat closer to the edges of their chairs expectantly. It signalled to me that the French assets were perhaps the more valuable, and this was what the fight was all about.

"My villa in France, including the house and all the property, I leave to Jeremy Laidley. The contents of the house, that is, all remaining furnitre, I leave to my nephew Roland Laidley, Junior. The garage and its entire contents I leave solely to my great-niece and namesake, Penelope Nichols."

I tag: (sorry if you've been tagged already!)

Sharon (linnefaulk)

Chell

Michelle D.

Jewells

Suzy (daxryzay)

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Angles are so much more interesting when they are reflected...

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