#autumn sunshine

[geopsych]

It was mostly cloudy during my walk on the canal path today but then the sun came out and the ducks swam near and just as I took this picture a leaf fell.

nice one nature

[adventuresofalgy]

The following morning was a wee bit lighter, and at times a watery November sun managed to squeeze through the clouds for a few brief moments, before it decided that it really wasn't worth such an enormous effort in the wild west Highlands of Scotland at this time of year, and retreated to those more favoured lands where there were fewer clouds to obstruct its rays.

But carpe diem is one of the core mottoes of any truly fluffy bird, so at the first bright opportunity Algy paused in his flight to perch on a convenient branch and sing with gusto, as any self-respecting bird might do when warmed by a sudden burst of autumn sunshine on an otherwise dark and dreary day:

Dark eyes, flaming eyes They implore me into faraway lands Where love reigns, where peace reigns Where there is no suffering, where war is forbidden

[Algy is singing the well-known Russian song Dark Eyes (Очи чёрные), a song first published in the late 19th century which has been hugely popular over the years and performed in countless different versions, with several different lyrics. Like the great baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky in his impassioned version below, Algy is singing the lyrics written by Feodor Chaliapin.]

[autumncolours]

[milevenstancyendgame]

Autumn in Colorado, by photogalena.

[tofreezetime]

standing there

seeing you through the leaves

[jun-hug]

cosy ˖˚⊹

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[fortunatelyperfectcreator]

[frankiecatphotography]

Autumn Sunshine Mouse Pad

[nature-hiking]

The last rays of sunshine - Adlerweg, Tirol, Austria, October 2022

photo by: nature-hiking

[heartnosekid]

mistkirill on ig

[itsoliverohanlon]

Nice autumn sunshine when crossing Daly's Bridge (Shakey Bridge) in Cork this afternoon...

[stephiramona]

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[autumncolours]

[jvstinderosa]

God's Glory

[photographss-world]

Acaba

Keder mi, acı mı, hüzün mü dünyanın rengi

Mahzunluk mu yoksa yaşam…

Edip Cansever...

[nobeerreviews]

Sunlight is like the breath of life to the pomp of autumn.

-- Nathaniel Hawthorne

(Colmar, France)