Monday, 4 August 2008

Past its prime



Today I was walking through the city park and looking up I noticed rusty spots on chestnut leaves. Now, horse chestnut is always the first to show signs of ageing, but seeing these signs also means that summer is slowly beginning to wane and autumn is not far away.

4 comments:

Dr.John said...

Did you have to go and ruin my day. Let me enjoy summer and prtretend it won't end.

MaR said...

I love warm - but not hot!- weather so I am truly waiting for Aug 15th to arrive. It usually means a temperature drop to more pleasant days around here...
Loved your shot!

Jules~ said...

How interesting. We don't have chestnut trees around here. Do they really show age in their leaves or is it just the aging of summer?
I think the color is pretty. All stages of life are so interesting.

Anonymous said...

It seems summer only just began, yet here, too, the days grow shorter.