Fall Colors in Nature

There is nothing like the colors of any autumn season to calm my soul and brighten my day.

Just look at ALL the color on one tree... from GREEN to YELLOW to GOLD to ORANGE to RUST to RED.  God is amazing in all his creativity to "paint" a tree so many colors JUST to announce the change in seasons.

 

Even an individual leaf is a work of art.

 

We were in Seattle a couple weeks ago and saw this fall landscape while exploring Discovery Park which is on the Puget Sound with killer views of the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges.  If you walk (or drive) to the western portion of the park, you will see West Point Lighthouse, which was our destination. 

 

I highly recommend visiting Discovery Park if you have a couple hours and want to adventure just west of downtown Seattle on to Magnolia. 

The fern-bordered trail included stairs a plenty.  And since we parked our cars at the top of the park and walked down to the lighthouse, we kept joking about how fun these stairs would be on the return portion of the hike.  What goes Down, must come Up...





 The park is situated on Magnolia Bluff and has tons of trails that allow dogs. It's an amazing combination of tidal beaches, open meadows, endless views including dramatic sea cliffs.

 

This land used to be the Army's Fort Lawton, so the park still includes this simple white chapel with it's yellow windows glowing with the afternoon light.  

 

I can easily escape from the crazy pace of my workday by just looking at these autumn photos and it lets me stop to simplify and be thankful.

 

Fall is definitely my favorite time of year.