Our garden is a magical place. And never more so than in autumn.
When we step outside our front door and look up, this is what we see:
Japanese maples, red maples, vine maples, Bradford pears, cherry, oak and plums.
The oak leaves are the first to change and fall.
The mid-morning sun illuminates the maples with a shimmering glow.
We’ve let some of the rolling back lawns go to moss, beyond the woodland garden. It’s a little wonderland.
The Japanese maple, looking up from the front porch; and reflected in a mirror leaning on the old stump in the woodland garden.
Looking out from the upper landing window at the heavy iron chairs that I jokingly call the “thrones”. And some of the best views of the trees are from the upstairs bathroom window.
Our garden is a magical place.
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to join me – I hope you enjoyed this little tour.
(Like my garden, life is a little chaotic right now. I’m picking my brother up from the airport at midnight and D returns tomorrow morning after two weeks in Europe. I may be missing for a few days but wanted to share these photos as promised. The holidays approach and I know we all have extended to do lists. So, I very much appreciate your time here and your comments and send a warm welcome to new visitors. Sometimes it might take me a few days to respond but I always look forward to the pleasure of visiting you.)
Wishing each of you a very magical weekend!
Hope you enjoy your time with your brother and D coming home!! Beautiful images and wow – what a lovely, lovely place that is!
Beautiful Fall colors and photography! It is joyous to the soul~ Theresa
I know you're busy but you don't always have to respond to my comments, I post because I want to let you know how much I love your work and how it inspires me! Your tour was really beautiful and I thank you so much for sharing that! I can't do that here because we're surrounded by other houses being that we live on a military base so we have to go out into the mountains to see colors like this. I can't imagine living there with all that gorgeousness right outside your windows! Truly breathtaking! :) Thank you again for inspiring me, now I'm off to bed to have some hopefully very colorful dreams!!! :) Enjoy your visit with your brother!
Oh, such gorgeous fall hues… Lovely soft captures!
I hope your weekend will be great! xo Moa
Can I move in with you? Your place looks so gorgeous! Our garden is a mess and doesn't have any of these beautiful colors I can see in your pictures! With these colors in mind, my day suddenly starts to brighten up (it's cloudy, rainy and windy here in Germany)!
Bianca
Hope you enjoy whit your brother!Your garden is so magic and Beautiful Thanks!
ciao Monica
Have Just taken a stroll through your your beautiful autumn images Georgianna they are breathtaking and very magical, thank you for sharing.
…..JackyP :)
ooh what a garden!! its a little paradice!!!
so nice
happy weekend
Yolanda
beautiful garden! lovely pictures! wish you a great week-end,Maria
oh, dear…yes, just magical…a little paradise…;)…a wonderful tour to start my weekend…and we need this little moments on the day when we sit and breathe and feel that life is so beautiful…thanks again and always for your wonderful thoughts…have a great autumn weekend with your love ones and much more…cheers and hugs…i…
Simply fabulous !!!!!!!!!!!
Good Week Georgianna !!!
so so gorgeous……..absolutely magical!
Dear Georgianna, Beautiful, Beautiful! Is this a special year for color in your area or are you blessed with such magnificant colors every year? Here in Utah we have had an especailly long Indian Summer resulting in extra spectacular colors.
Have a great weekend and thanks for sharing your beautiful photography.
Your garden is really a Wonderland, Dear G, in all its colorful varieties and, wOw, even pumpkin-mushrooms!:))Your Japanese maple is luxurious!! Especially I love how you showed it at the photo next to the "thrones"! btw, how funny, it was the fist word that came to my mind right when I saw them))
Thank you so much for sharing, such a charming tour!
Have a wodnerful time with your dearest ones!
Hugz!
those shades of red…wow. glorious!
xo Alison
These are gorgeous!!
xo,
nicolette
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pure magic, what a wonderful place to call home x
Thanks for filling up my morning with beautiful colors of nature! Gorgeous images!
Such lovely images. Wow! Beautiful colors. Thanks.
lucky girl, can I seat on one of the chairs and look and breath it all ? bon week-end !
Stunning – there is nothing like Autumn's rich colors. Here, the maples are the first to turn color and the oaks hang on a bit longer than every other kind of tree.
xo
Claudia
How beautiful and lovely is all that you share
Love and hugs
Hi Georgianna,
What a wonderful tour in a wonderful garden. It is just perfect!! Some of the trees looks like they are on fire!
Have a wonderful time with family and friends.
All the best,
Ingrid xx
I think it's safe to say that no artist, no matter how talented, could match Mother Nature's way of painting her landscape.
Brenda
I so very much enjoyed this post. It really does look like such a magical place. Thank you for sharing it!
Have a wonderful weekend.
lisa.
Hi Georgianna,
Your garden is indeed magical! I love the beautiful big trees with such colorful foliage. Your home looks so pretty nestled in amongst all the trees.
we are having some very warm weather here now too but rainy.
Thank you for the tour of your lovely garden.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Carolyn
Oh so lovely!!! Have a wonderful weekend, dear G!
I absolutely loved this little tour! Sometimes the messier the better. You just inspire me with your beautiful views.
if i were you i would have a hard time leaving my house. ever. you must just revel in the beauty of it every season..
it is lovely.
hugs
Hi G
I enjoyed the tour of your garden. The mirror is my kind of decor, especially with the reflections in it. (if you ever tire of it, I will give it a home)
Moss is part of our modest backyard too, I've always liked it and let it take its course.
Have a good visit with your brother.
Judith
your garden is SO BEAUTIFUL, g! oh my. it really felt like i took a virtual walkthrough wonderland. the colors, the "mess", and everything is so gorgeous. i love the mirror, that's a really beautiful piece. the japanese maples are very pretty. and the thrones, i love it all, g!
you're so very blessed to have such an amazing wonderland-esque garden. :) thanks for sharing, really!
and thank you for the e-greeting. i really appreciate it heaps! hope you have an amazing time with your brother. and do have a wonderful weekend ahead, g!
much love. xx
Such gorgeous autumn colours and your trees are magical, they joys of such a beautiful home must be a delight.
Thank you for visiting my blog today and leaving such lovely words.
Have a beautiful weekend. xxx
Thank you for allowing us to meander through your lovely home —gorgeous images today and your home is magnificent! x
Just caught up with your last couple of posts. The autumnal colours in your part of the world are truly spectacular and how lucky you are to be able to enjoy them in your own magical looking garden and beautiful house.
The colour is gorgeous! Your home and garden are very beautiful … and big! Have a lovely week G.! xo
Dear Georgianna,
thanks for your nice comment! We usually don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Germany. We have Saint Martin's Day in November and always have goose for dinner for this occasion. But this year my husband and I wanted to try out something new!
Bianca
As usual~ a beautiful peek into your little corner of the world. It feels like a portal into a stained-glass universe.
I've never visited your part of the country Georgianna but your breathtaking pictures sure make me want to change that!! Of course, I'd want your home and gardens to be on my tour.
My friend loved your calendar. I feel sure I'll be ordering more at some point.
I think you need to give your garden a new name; Hill heaven. :D Wow, I love your garden Georgianna. The trees are so beautiful and so are all the gorgeous autumn colours. You made my day by showing and sharing those pics. We have sunny weather but the leaves are already covering the ground. :) Have a lovely Sunday! xoxo
Your garden is truly a magical place! I don't want to tour it, I want to live there!! All kidding aside, your photos are magical too. I especially love the shots of the oak leaves – spendid! ♥
The colours are just stunning!
MORE lovely red…..smiles.
Your home is lovely and it really does look magical.
G, words can't describe this kind of beauty. I take this into my heart and love it for what it is. And what it is is 'magic'
hugs
Hi Georgianna! This autumn series is dazzling to say the least, and now that I'm back home South in the throws of spring, I feel suddenly very nostalgic for the autumn in Europe that I've just left behind…luckily I have you + your beautiful photos to continue enjoying my favourite time of the year! xo Janine
Oh my goodness!!!
I can't believe that your garden is even more beautiful
in autumn than in summer but somehow it is!
The colours, the trees, those acorns. I have to show Mam!!
I want to be a squirrel and go investigating!
It looks like paradise. I'm so happy that a friend of mine lives in such a wonderful place. And then shares it's wonder through photos for us.
I don't know that I shall ever be well enough to visit you dear G, but I shall visit in my dreams now I have these photos to visulize it all
Love n wishes, kat xox
oh wow, the colours are absolutely breathtaking! I love your photos.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment on my inspiration post on City of Blackbirds, I'm so glad it led me here :)
What a beautiful home and soft hills and garden!!!! and the pictures… well… what can I say..??
sorry, my comment wasn´t finished… your place reminds me pretty much of the houses at the very south of Chile, and the atmosphere is very similar too!!!
muchos cariños and wishing you lots of happiness
maria cecilia
Gorgeous Georgiana! I just love the Fall colors you have all around you! Love that mirror idea! :)
Dear Georgianna, what a beautiful house and garden you have. It does indeed look like a magical wonderland!! Love your stunning photos. The way you've captured the the sun shining through the reddened leaves is just amazing! Wini xo
Bonjour Georgianna, Don't worry about replying to comments (I thought we had that one sorted ages ago ;-) ), like you said everybody is so busy nowadays, I can completely understand how hard it can be to catch up with all the favourite blogs…
Your garden is wonderful, absolutely stunning. I wish I had something like that…not much of a chance of that in London though. Your photos are – as always – beautiful, full of colour and stunning details, wow!
Have a lovely week, Love from London xo
Am I late to this party or have I commented already . . .No matter. If you ever decide to turn your home to a B&B;, let us know ! :)
Have a beautiful time! This was magic,yes it was. I will never forget that light. Thanks dear one. Blessings.
i hope you enjoy your time w/ your brother G!! you garden and the trees are sooo beautiful and magical!! <3
G you know I adore when you post photos of your garden, and these ones are spectacular with all those autumn colours. You and D really do a wonderful job making your surroundings as beautiful as possible. I hope life is not too chaotic right now, sending lots of love and light your way xx
Wow, you live in paradise. Those colors are just gorgeous!!!! You are so talented. ;)
Beautiful
A beautiful garden G, a place to relax and reconnect with yourself. The photos are stunning. Thank you for the tour.
Dearest sweet g, your garden is truely magical and i could picture me and you having tea together and just enjoying the view and the gorgeous colors of your garden. So so soo happy and excited that your brother and D are home!! Have a lovely merry happy day and love to you!
Oh, so beautiful! Your garden is indeed magical, and I'm sure it has a different kind of magic each season. ::Jill
Your home is so incredibly gorgeous!! And that mirror!!