On Sunday, October 26, 2014, I walked out the door and across the street into an autumnal Johnston Gardens.
Johnston Gardens is beautiful. I have seen it in Summer and Autumn now.
It was a cold day . . . but a few summer flowers still clung to their branches.
The pond was full of jousting and frolicking ducks.
A blazing red tree in Johnston Gardens.
A leaf covered path leads out from Johnston Gardens that follows the North Burn of Rubislaw.
The burn runs behind, and below rows of suburban granite stone houses.
The burn would now and then be clogged with leaves and sticks.
With the leaves off the trees, the moss was in full growth mode.
Walker Dam on the burn.
Autumn's red berries. My plan for the day was to take a long walk to the big park two miles away . . . but I became distracted by the amazing tree bark textures around me . . . and instead spent the better part of an hour studying bark and taking photographs.
Dr. Jeff Harper
