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Saturday, November 9, 2024

Record-breaking delay for autumn foliage

How will record temperature in September and sustained warmth through October
into November affect autumn foliage?
This post is what it was like in the past three weeks.

The pond scape shows a little progressed season with yellowish shades of green 
and brown seeds in the late October.



Muhlenbergia capillaries planted in mass create dramatic dusky pink cloud in autumn. 




Cosmos, written as 秋桜 (autumn cherry blossoms),  is one of the most loved autumn flowers.
They have withered much earlier due to the long scorching weather.

Cosmos atrosanguineus, or Chocolate cosmos, has velvety deep crimson flowers.



Leaves have been changing colors very slow.


Leaves survived the extreme heat of summer.



On the 3rd of November, my daughter's family and I walked along the loop trail
running through the Kasuga-yama Primeval Forest.
The forest has remained virtually untouched as hunting and logging has been prohibited 
since the Kasuga Mountain was revered as a divine mountain since the ancient time.
 The forest was off-limits to the public until after WWII.
 
The contrast of light and shadow
Japanese Maples were still all green

It's relaxing to walk in the forest hearing the sound of river.



This trail leads to the top of the Mt. Wakakusa. We turned back halfway.
Another part of the loop trail is Takisaka-path, which I reported in Takisaka-no-michi Path.

M's Shichi-go-san celebration & hiking in the forest 

Currently Sakura (Cherry tree) leaves are beautiful. 
I love autumn leaves of Sakura, which are as attractive as it's spring blossoms.


Now we are in the first cold spell of the season but it will get very warm next week.
I have mixed emotion to think about the fact that there is this warmth
behind the more and more violent weather events.

Linked to Mosaic Monday

25 comments:

  1. Beautiful pictures Yoko !
    Fall is full of colors and a walking with family, a lovely experience.
    Thanks for sharing your beauties...
    Have a shinny weekend !
    Anna

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  2. ...Yoko, thanks for sharing these gorgeous images. Enjoy an awesome autumn!

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  3. I too share similar thoughts Yoko. The current weather trends right across our beautiful world are worrying. Here we have experienced more rain than normal which has had a detrimental affect on our autumn colours.

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  4. This walk in an ancient forest is magical. I feel the frailty of the surrounding in these moments as well as the looming harshness of the climate.

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  5. A lovely walk with your family. The Autumn colors are pretty. I love the cosmos blooms, beautiful flowers. Beautiful photos. Take care, have a wonderful weekend.

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  6. The planet's warming is impacting all of us. Thanks for your kind words on my blog. I'm still quite shocked by election results as are probably half our voting population.

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  7. The weather may be agreeable from a people-comfort perspective but the trends are terrifying.

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  8. Your autumn weather seems to be very like ours, many days have been much warmer than usual, and now the temperature has dropped a few degrees. Yes I think it's global warming, and it worries me very much. The leaves have turned red and gold now and most of them are gone, leaving the trees bare. Your family walk was so much fun, wonderful to be among the ancient trees. Trees are our friends!!

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  9. En mi país hay una gran sequía estamos matando al mundo y no hacemos nada. Te mando un beso.

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  10. Hi Yoko,
    Unfortunately the weather is becoming more unstable and aggressive and disasters are becoming more violent and frequent all over the world.
    Wonderful photos with the colors and charm of autumn.
    I love Cosmos flowers, they are so beautiful and delicate.
    Greetings and all the best,
    Maria

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  11. Similarly, in November (the Polish name literally translates to the month of falling leaves), many leaves are still golden on the trees. I love cosmoses, they are beautiful flowers, I love cherry leaves in autumn. You showed us a beautiful forest. I love forests and I live close to a forest.
    Greetings to you and your family, I'm waiting for more beautiful posts and wonderful photos. Hugs, dear Yoko.

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  12. I told my cousin once removed's Japanese wife about your blog and she was very impressed with your photos. She said it made her miss Japan.

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  13. Still flowers blooming and green leaves but also some colorful signs of autumn, Yoko. I love the light and shadow of the ancient forest. What a pretty outfit your granddaughter is modeling!

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  14. Another wonderful contribution for MosaicMonday. Thank you so much for your participation.
    ...Gratulation to this event, Yoko. It`s a wonderful mood in the autumn too in each picture.

    There is always a lot to discover and I like to read through the posts at my leisure to appreciate the pictures and text. Thank you for your nice comment too.
    Greetings from Heidrun

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  15. Thank you for another beautiful post. I am wondering if the Muhlenbergia grows wild. I have seen it in gardens but I think it would be best in very large amounts, disposed as nature intends among other plants, and not confined in a cultivated garden to make an artistic effect. I say this because I always like the shades of yellow and brown in natural grasslands where there is such a variety. It reminds me of impressionist painting, where many subtly different colours are combined. I've heard about the near-intolerable of last summer in Japan, and am grateful that ours was mild and wet. Our house gets a lot of sun and a hot summer the year before last was dreadful. I would love to see the ancient forest. Here an effort is being made to identify areas of ancient woodland, which are very valuable ecologically because they have such a large variety of naturally-evolved wild plants. (As you may be able to tell, my preference is evolving in favour of wildness now, although I still love cultivated gardens.)

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  16. Happy birthday for yesterday, I almost missed it!

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  17. Hello, Yoko. Did you celebrate your birthday recently? Please accept my belated heartfelt congratulations. Your post depicts November landsacpe in various colours and shades. The used "yellowish" is a precise term. Nara is beautiful in all seasons. I ggogled for Shichi-Go-San and learnt a lot. It must be an important step for your youngest grandaughter. Wishing you and your family health and love.

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    1. Thank you, but my birthday is in March. I'll visit you later.

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  18. It’s fascinating to hear how the warmer temperatures have impacted the autumn foliage this year. The delayed color changes and the earlier withering of Cosmos due to the heat show how much weather extremes can alter the natural rhythms. Your walk through the Kasuga-yama Primeval Forest sounds serene, especially with the quiet beauty of the untouched landscape and the contrast of green Japanese Maples. I share your mixed emotions about the warmth behind these extreme weather patterns—nature's unpredictability is both beautiful and unsettling. Wishing you a great week!

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  19. Konnichiwa Yoko san, hajimemashite :) Jesteś niesamowita. Zdjęcia są tak piękne że aż szok 😍😍😍 Coś niezwykłego. Kocham przyrodę. Współczuję Ci ekstremalnych upałów. U nas w tej chwili jest zimno, wieje wiatr, zacina deszczem. Długo było ładnie. Była chwile piękna jesień. Pozdrawiam Cię najserdeczniej Yoko san.

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  20. Thank you for this beautiful post. Love all the colors.

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  21. I just love that contrast of light and shadow

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  22. Hello dear Yoko, I came to greet you warmly from a cold and rainy city in Poland. I hope you are well. Hugs and so many regards!

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  23. The weather world-wide seems to be changing.
    I like the photographs you've shared here.

    All the best Jan

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