November Color

Fine flat needles 
of Tamarack linger, 
and lighten the swamp.

Cheerful Winterberries
decorate the edges of 
November wetlands.

Sparse, purple clumps
of wild grapes
dangle in tart bunches.

Bright red bundles
of Highbush Cranberry
hold early snow. 

The powder-blue fruits
of Red Cedar emit a
pungent aroma in the uplands.

Copper colored leaves
persist on slender twigs
of American Beech.

© 2019 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Townsend Park - Kent County - Michigan

2. Home Woods - Cannonsburg, Michigan

3. 4.  Wabasis Lake Park - Kent County - Michigan

5. Gavin Lake - Kent County - Michigan

6. Cascade Public Library - Kent County - Michigan

7. Home Woods - Cannonsburg, Michigan

8. Home Woods - Cannonsburg, Michigan

Saturday Morning Backroads II

This is the second edition of "Saturday Morning Backroads". All of these photographs were taken within four miles of my home, near Cannonsburg, Michigan. 
Sit back and enjoy the views. 
Then, prepare for your own departure. 

Egypt Valley State Game Area - Biking anyone?

Silver Maple — turned scarlet.

Wild Grapes

Mute Swans with Cygnets

Virginia Creeper — Climbing Walnut Trees

Turkey Vultures circling Murray Lake

Parnell Pastoral

Wood Ducks

Cannonsburg pond in the rain.

You may also enjoy the first edition of "Saturday Morning Backroads" from June 12, 2012.

Name the Colors

Name the color of:

Hepatica petals; soft and freshly opened in early May sunshine.

Forget-me-nots; flourishing in cold water springs on a June morning.

Wild Lupine; thriving in July, high in the Colorado Rockies.

Wild Grapes; plentiful and ripening in September after their leaves have fallen.

Click on photos to enlarge.

Photo Locations:

1. & 2.  Townsend Park,  Kent County,  Michigan

5. & 6.  Crested Butte, Colorado

3, 4, 7, & 8  Wabasis Lake Park,  Kent County,  Michigan

Round-lobed Hepatica - Hepatica Americana

Forget-me-not -  Myosotis scorpioides

Silvery Lupine - Lupinus argenteus

Wild Grape - Vitis sp.