FALL SPLENDOUR.

 

This year also in Europe, like in US, we have experienced the benefits of Indian Summer, which has given us warm and sunny days for the whole October, and has slightly delayed the phenomenon of foliage.

Now fall has come, at last, and nature has been displaying its best palette of colours before us. 

I have always been fond of autumn with its wonderful array of shades of red, yellow, purple, orange, pink, magenta and brown, as well as with its crops ready to harvest. So when this time of the year comes, my mind invariably flies away overseas, since I find that foliage in USA, particularly Vermont, is like nowhere else. 

Of course, if you can't actually fly overseas in this period to experience "the best foliage", you will be able at least to benefit of a picturesque walk in a park nearby, or have a glimpse of glorious fall colour displays in the collection of pictures I have chosen for you. 

If even that isn't enough, the last option is to sit comfortably on your settee and watch some movies containing a celebration of fall scenes. 
One of the most representative in this category is "Autumn in New York", directed by Jaon Chen and casting Richard Here and Winona Ryder. 
Personally, I didn't appreciate its tearful, pathetic plot, when I first saw it, but I must admit that it certainly deserves to be seen if only for the golden-light suffused splendour of the scenes. And perhaps you, like me, will enjoy an unforgettable autumnal stroll in Central Park, where the camera cranes out and over the area, swooping down through golden leaves dappled with pale autumnal light,  before picking up the protagonists, as well as beautiful extras walking on sidewalks, and children running in innocent delight. On the soundtrack, Diana Krall sings a soft-pop jazzy "Let's fall in love", and everything is bathed in a magic autumn light, like in a dream...