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“Trunks and Needles” — Trunks and needles at the base of a small copse of Sierra Nevada backcountry trees.

It was early evening, and I had been working subjects along the shoreline of a subalpine Sierra Nevada lake. There’s lots to see in such places — the shoreline itself, meadows ringing the lake, boulders scattered here and there. As the light over the lake became less interesting my attention turned to the nearby lodgepole pine forest…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/09/01/tr

Into September and the final weeks of summer (autumn this year in the Northern Hemisphere arrives three weeks today on 22 September).
I have noticed that weather forecasters are now increasingly emphasising that 1 September is the start of 'Meteorological Autumn', acknowledging the fact that this is no more than a convenient construct to tie in a seasonal change to the first day of a new month.
Many people take the opportunity to take a holiday in September, knowing things will have quietened down as the 'back to school' slogan becomes a thing.
Indeed, this photograph here is a September day on Derwent Water at Keswick in England's Lake District, where the pleasure steamers are still enjoying brisk business.
So, the opportunity then to let the summer season continue and try to ignore the site on supermarket shelves of festive-package mince pies, Christmas cakes, selection boxes and tubs of chocolates!
#summer #england #landscape #photography