October Trees at Long Hill

October Trees at Long Hill (Originally uploaded by randubnick)

During a recent walk at Long Hill Gardens, I pulled out my camera and started taking pictures because the trees looked golden in the October sunlight. Tonight I cropped the photo to get this composition, and used a bit of Painter's digital pastel to clean up a distracting mark on the asphalt in the foreground. The road from the gate to the gardens is lined with trees that are full of blossoms in May. But in October, you can find apples, crabapples, and berries in red, orange, and purple, decorating the trees for the harvest festivals of autumn.