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Anna
Gone to seed
Hamilton, New Zealand
22 Apr '07 7:35 pm
Ever so lovely piccies dear sir, and a lovely photo of yourself and family via the other link thingy. 
We don't have enough trees planted with decent autumn foliage as of yet. Something I hope to rectify soonest, as aumtumn colours are among my favourite things to see in the garden.
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Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
Singing in the rain23 Apr '07 3:42 am
Unexpected thunder in the distance as we started our walk... here is a blow by blow account. Now, nearly an hour later and with a power failure from the weather, it is still raining gently... BLISS.
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Liza
gardening consultant
Waterloo, Belgium
I am totally stunned!23 Apr '07 6:08 am
Jack!! I really think, that THIS series of Autumn photos are the best you ever posted!! My God, Jack, they are gorgeous on all levels ; colours, light, clarity! They are a poem of Autumn colours, indeed! 
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Dixie
garden enthusiast
Waikato-New Zealand
Beautiful23 Apr '07 6:35 am
I think the progression of pictures are beautiful .I especially like the composition of 16.46 ,with the white tree trunks.
Dixie.
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moosey
head gardener
23 Apr '07 9:47 am
Having a dog who keeps the Moosey airspace completely clear of marauding aeroplanes I can just see Doubly herding thunder! Very very lovely, Jack. Isn't autumn magical?
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Anna
Gone to seed
Hamilton, New Zealand
23 Apr '07 8:15 pm
I just can't get over the colours!
Do you place your trees with the 'big picture' in mind, or are their placements just happy accidents?
Whichever it is, it works!
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Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
The first Morn of the Golden Light24 Apr '07 6:04 am
Last year I was amazed at how, had this been a theatre, the lighting designer would have received scores of awards. Somehow the autumn sunrise strikes everything at exactly the right angle. This year I hadn't noticed it (yet).
Until this morning, after last night's rain, when the dawn was golden and pure and filled with goodness.
This afternoon there was more glorios rain - what a funny season this has been!
Anna - I did plan very carefully when I planted. And my gutfeel worked overtime, and trees were moved a meter this way before digging, or combined that way, and I pictured all sorts of balances and compositions and contrasts... but truth be told I can't claim a single deliberate effect in the whole huge garden. I look at it all with more wonder than anyone else and ask 'How did I manage? How did I know?'
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Mark
Home gardener & plant fetishist
Berkeley, California, USA
Three calendar-worthy pictures25 Apr '07 2:47 am
I hadn't seen the view in the first photo before but love the layering. The water is such an asset for reflecting back to give you two of everything as well as the brightness of the sky. The view of the bridge is probably different everytime we see it but fall is especially good to it. The view in the third picture is new to me too. Having a rather flat garden myself I always notice the drama that a change in elevation provides.
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Mark
Home gardener & plant fetishist
Berkeley, California, USA
Whoa! I hadn't seen the ones from yesterday!25 Apr '07 2:54 am
Wonderful! I really get a feel for being there. How lucky you are, Jack, and how fortuitous your plant choices and placements. I don't know about you but I always get the feeling the garden knows what it wants to be and we are more like midwives than painters.
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pumpkin
compost executive
Auckland
25 Apr '07 7:22 am
Simply divine!
Pix #2 gets the *gold*  Magic!
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