Autumn is early this year in North Carolina! If you want to see the mountains in color, make your plans earlier.

This is Graveyard Fields on the Blue Ridge Parkway last week. (There’s a waterfall in the shadows, in the middle of the image.)

This is Looking Glass Rock, a view from the Blue Ridge Parkway in autumn.

A different color on pumpkins… nice ceramic decoration. Autumn decorating is so much fun to photograph!

Have you decorated for fall yet??

Rountree Plantation in Charlotte

They have beautiful flowers and garden accessories! Great store.

You know it’s fall when you see all the pretty color mums in bloom!

Are you ready for Autumn?? I know I am. I can’t wait to go to some new places and photograph the fall color. Red is my favorite!

A sunset at Surfside Beach from the hotel balcony. I never get tired of looking at these! I wish I were still there.

Photo is in HDR tones.

Our pool had pretty palm tree reflections in the morning. That was about the only time it was calm. One day, the wind was so strong that it was creating waves in the pool!

This is Oliver, my African Grey, out enjoying the pool with us.