Sunday 6 November 2011

Since everyone seems to be showing their colours...

...let me show you mine, too:
This is what the weather has been like for the past few weeks here, and not much change is forecast for the coming week. It has been unusually sunny and mild for November which is typically a cold, dark and wet month here in Germany.
The view from my kitchen window (facing East) shows all sorts of colours and still a surprising amount of green.

The cherry tree in front of the North-facing window has turned a yellow so bright it lights up the whole kitchen - almost like the foamy cloud of white blossoms it boasts for about two weeks in the spring.

And I liked this beautiful sunrise so much I simply had to try and capture it on camera:

16 comments:

  1. I do love the view from your window and marvel at how nice and neat your neighbors keep their back yards. I always notice how clean your streets are with no trash flying about in the wind.

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  2. Thank you, Jill - I bet my neighbours would be pleased to hear your comment! They take pride in having everything clean and tidy. This is just a very average part of town; people have modest places and live modest lives here, and I understand their aim to have their tiny part of the world in order.

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  3. Hello:
    From what you describe and show here, the weather is much the same for you as it is here in Hungary where the leaves are still on the trees and showing the most wonderful colour.

    The image of the sunrise is wonderful with all the effect of a Tiepolo painting. How lovely to look out on that on a morning.

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  4. Our autumn is brief (I think) and late (definitely), but there have been some lovley colours. However, more stunning still have been the sunsets. I drove into an amazing one yesterday, and nearly crashed the car looking at it.

    Beautiful pictures, by the way!

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  5. Our house faces east and sometimes when we step out the door, we run for the camera to get that great sunrise photo! (No sunset photos from home, too many trees behind us.)
    Those yellow leaves are beautiful, just as nice as the frilly white blossoms in the spring, eh? (We have three cherry trees in our front yard!)
    Love your view out your kitchen. I would never want to cook, I would just look out the window!

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  6. I love the cozy colors of fall; makes me want to make soup.

    We have similar weather in Portland. It is wonderfully crisp, sunny & the city is filled with red-gold trees.

    best,
    e

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  7. We have had frosty mornings but the leaves are past their most colorful stage.

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  8. I'm just fascinated with your cherry tree, what a joy that is, to reach out and pick fresh fruit from a window, to see it bloom in spring, and now in fall a second sun brightening your day!
    xx
    julie

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  9. Lovely colours. It was recognisable straight off as not being in the UK since your roofs slope more steeply. Apart from that it could have been a scene here the last few days.

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  10. Hello Jane and Lance, I like the idea of looking at a Tiepolo painting first thing in the morning - with the added bonus that it keeps changing almost by the minute.

    Frances, sunsets are wonderful; when I was a kid, my room was facing West and I often knelt on my bed (just below the window sill) to look at the sunset with an unspecified longing. From my flat now, though, I don't really see West very well.

    Kay, he he that could be an explanation for why I mostly only cook when I have guests and very rarely just for myself!

    Elizabeth, it makes me want to EAT soup :-)

    Abe, it is unusual for us at this time of the year, too, and I guess it won't last much longer.

    Julie, it is indeed, although I didn't realize this when I bought the flat (that was in March, too early for the blossoms).

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  11. We're having a late autumn over here too. The geraniums and sweet peas are still flowering.
    Anyday now we'll all be caught in the first frost..

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  12. Sweet peas! I like those very much, Macy.

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  13. Hi,

    Saw you over at Frances' blog and though I'd hop on over and check you out! Love the photos. Nice blog! I'll be back!

    Hawk

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  14. Thank you, Hawk, that is very kind of you!

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  15. You're very welcome. I enjoyed the post.

    Hawk

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  16. I love autumn colours - always have done. However now I'm back in the late spring here in New Zealand everything is green and lush.

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