Lens-Artists Challenge #167: Colors of Autumn
This week Amy introduced the theme on Colors of Autumn.
Every autumn we enjoy the beauty of the brilliant colors. The mixture of red, purple, orange and yellow results from chemical processes that take place in the tree as the seasons change from summer to winter.
During the spring and summer, the leaves absorb the sunlight to transform the energy into the green color. But in the autumn, because of changes in the length of daylight and changes in temperature, the leaves stop their food-making process. The green color disappears, and the yellow to orange colors become visible and give the leaves part of their autumn splendor. Other chemical changes may occur which form additional colors through the development of red pigments. Some mixtures give rise to the reddish and purplish autumn colors of trees such as dogwoods and sumacs, while others give the sugar maple its brilliant orange.
Autumn is a great time for restaurants and stores to decorate their front with pumpkins and straw figures.
Families take their kids to the pumpkin farms and pick out their favorite pumpkins for Halloween carving or decoration.
My older granddaughter’s name is Autumn. Here are the colors of my granddaughter Autumn. She just turned four. Hubby and I went to her birthday celebration which took place last Saturday, a few days before her actual birthday.
When I talked about Autumn, I mostly talked about her reading. It’s just fair to show some photos of her doing other activities. My daughter Mercy and her hubby are aware of Autumn’s interest in reading. They want her to have a well-rounded development. Autumn is excellent in outdoor activities. She could hike for two miles. Before she turned three, she climbed rocks at the rock-climbing gym by herself, and zipped her hike up and down the slopped driveways on both sides of the street. It scared me when I watched the video my son-in-law took. I’m not opposed to little girls playing dressed-up and other girl’s activities. From the very beginning the kids’ lives, my daughter and son-in-law don’t want to limit the girls into a stenotype of development. I think Autumn can do whatever a boy could do, and more.
Hawaii hiking 
Rock climbing at 3 years old 
excited about the coconut in Hawaii 
Mommy’s cooking helper 
Excited about animation characters 
She wanted me to keep up with her
She just learned doing paddle boarding by herself since July this year. The background sound is Autumn’s baby sister Nora getting tired and fussing. I took the video in August when I went to Bend, Oregon and a national park with my daughter’s family.
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Lens-Artists Challenge #167: Colors of Autumn
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The Showers of Blessings 
Beautiful autumn images, Miriam! I love all those smiling faces!
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Autumn is a gorgeous season in many parts of the world, Sue! I love my granddaughter’s smiles also. Thank you for your comment!
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Beautiful images of Autumn .love those orange and white pumpkins
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I just went to the store and saw some white pumpkins.
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😄😄
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love and joy your way Miriam the beauty and love is shining here in your photos and words☺️💛💫hugs hedy
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I know you share the same joy of being close to the grandkids, Hedy! 💖😊
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Lovely autumn photos, Miriam, and how appropriate to celebrate your granddaughter and her namesake. She’s a dynamo! I’m impressed with her rock-climbing and with her smiles in general. I’m so glad you got to spend her birthday with her. Welcome home and “Happy Autumn.”
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Thank you, Diana. Autumn’s communication is a lot more mature. Hubby was amazed how well she expressed herself and interacted with us. She liked to see grandpa more often also. The baby also warmed up with him. We had a great time, tired.
Enjoy your weekend!
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They’re at adorable ages and will one get more fun. Rest up!
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Yes, we’re resting and get ready for the next trip!
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Wow, beautiful fall captures.
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Thank you so much, Chris! Autumn colors are gorgeous.
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Autumn is a beautiful season and your grand daughter Autumn is looking so cute Miriam. Happy birthday to her. Thanks for sharing lovely pictures.
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Autumn is a gorgeous season in many parts of the world. Even though we don’t see the colors in California, I’m glad to see them when I visit my daughter’s family. My granddaughter’s personality is as beautiful as the season. We were amazed by her language ability. We’re blessed by the joy she brought to us. Thank you for your lovely comment, Balroop.
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Happy birthday, Autumn! Our youngest Kyla just turned five and has the same love of books. I love the pictures you share of her, and love seeing her embrace the world’s beauty and her own. Xo
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It’s good to hear Kyla loves books, Denise. It warms our hearts when kids love to read and learn new things. I’m glad my daughter and her hubby don’t stop their outdoor activities even when the kids are babies. It’s good for the kids because they learn to enjoy the world and love reading. Thank you for your comment.
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Autumn is an a young girl already! I love that she is exposed to many different activities. I love her name. The season of Autumn has such gorgeous colours. Thanks for the pictures!!
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I know, Darlene! Time goes by so fast! Now the travel is relaxed so I try to visit the girls every 4 to 6 weeks. Even with the frequent visits, I missed many of the amazing growth moments. Good thing my daughter has a Tinybeans account to post photos daily as the chronicle of the girls’ development.
I love the season of Autumn for many reasons. My granddaughter Autumn seems to have the personality of autumn! I’m glad you liked the pictures!
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Beautiful fall colors, that tree is gorgeous. Viewing your granddaughter Autumn’s outdoor activities makes me smile. She certainly enjoys many activities for her age, especially paddle boarding. Thank you, Miriam for the beautiful photos and video!
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Thank you for the lovely theme for us to show off the colors, Amy. My daughter and her hubby enjoy outdoor activities. They go camping, hiking, skiing, snowboarding year-round. They take the kids when they’re babies. Will took Autumn on the paddleboard the first day he got it. She first was standing on it. The next day she was holding the paddle and dipped it into the water. The parents are good at letting the kids try new things.
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That is so wonderful! Thank you for sharing this fun post with us, Miriam! My daughter got into sports when she was a little girl. 🙂
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Yes, it’s good to have kids getting into sports when they’re young. It’s a good balanced life for them. 🙂
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GREAT post Miriam. Love all the pumpkins and love the precious young lady. Ahh, childhood.
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Thank you, John. I wonder what the farmers do with so many pumpkins. I hope they could sell all of them for companies that make pumpkin pies and pumpkin something.
It takes a lot of energy to raise kids especially when they are young. People better have little kids no later than 40! I was tired after playing with my grandkids for several days. Parents are with them day after day. 🙂
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My favorite time of the year! I took my students on a lot of field trips to the pumpkin patch. When the school couldn’t afford field trips, guess who helped round up pumpkins for all of the kids and brought them to school? Teachers are a little crazy! Your granddaughters are adorable, Miriam!
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Beautiful photos. So cute little.
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Thank you very much, Rajkkhoja.
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Welcome Miriam .🙏
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😊☺️
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Thank you, Pete. I know teachers spend a lot of money from their own picket. Our field trip money of $200 a year was from the PTA fundraising. We had Halloween costumes and pumpkin contests every year. After the parades in the school neighborhood, we gathered on the playground for the announcement of the costume winners, then went to the school ground to view the pumpkin winners. That was fun.
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It won’t be long before Autumn is on her feet zipping across the lake- hope Dad can keep up! lol
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It might just happen one day, Jacquie! I hope she is brave but also learns to know her limit.
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autumn does have some beautfiul colrs assocaited with it, and your photos do a ncie job capturing that beauty. and how impressive that your granddaugther can do paddleboarding by herself!
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The second time she did it, she scared me when the paddleboard moved far away from the shore. She wanted her dad to go get her but her dad was taking care of the baby. He then told her to paddled on the other side to steer the board in the other direction. I’m not good at swimming so I couldn’t be of any help!
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that would have been scary, but it sounds like she was able to manage returning to shore.
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She did fall into the water and wanted daddy to get her. It was cold more than scary to her. She managed to swim to shore! He is good at not rescuing her all the time but encourage her to try solving the problems.
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I guess if you paddleboard, it’s important to know how to swim. bravo to her and to her dad for managing the situation…
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Yes, Autumn could swim. She also had a life jacket tied to the paddle board. Her dad could go get her if there was any signs of need. I was glad it turned out okay. She didn’t seem to be scared.
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and it must have been a nice boost for her confidence…
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When she transitioned from balanced bike to paddle bike, she wanted daddy to give her a little push to get the bike going. After several weeks, when I was there, we asked her to put one foot on the ground to push the bike. She did. After that, she didn’t want any help and said, “I can do it.” I just love watching those moments.
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those sound like the best moments!
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Exactly, Jim. I tried to chronicle some of her moments!
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well done!
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Thank you!
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Such a lovely season, I love all the colours of Autumn. Your photos are gorgeous Miriam, especially those of your sweet grand daughter. Thanks for sharing. 🧡
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It’s my favorite season, Miriam. The weather is just right. The sun is not too bright or too gloomy. The colors are gorgeous. Thank you for your comment. ❤
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Loved your autumnal pumpkins and other photos, Miriam. Toni x
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Thank you, Toni. Autumn is my favorite season when I can go where my daughter is.
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Such colorful photos – and your granddaughter Autumn is beautiful too. It looks like she has lots of energy! Pumpkins everywhere…Wow! – I have never seen white ones before. 🙂
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I hadn’t seen white pumpkins until going to the pumpkin farm in Portland, OR. There were other colors also. I don’t know how they make those colors. My granddaughter Autumn has lots of energy. She would keep going and going. We have to be very firm to ask her to go to bed. Thank you for your comment, Andrea! 🙂
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You’re welcome. I think I may prefer the orange pumpkins after all. I would love the energy that children have – I don’t have to think twice to go to bed at night. 🙂
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I prefer orange pumpkin also, Andrea. The other colors don’t feel like pumpkins. 🙂
Wouldn’t be nice to have the energy that children have? 🙂
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It certainly would!
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❤ 🙂
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Gorgeous photos, Miriam! I always love to see your beautiful grandchildren…so sweet!❤️
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Thank you, Jill! We just came back from our trip visiting them. My hubby didn’t see them since March. The kids are more responsive to him during this trip and he enjoyed them so much. He couldn’t stop talking about them since we came home! ❤
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xoxo
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Love the colours and what a go for it little girl. More strength to Autumn Miriam 🙂
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Thank you, Brian. Autumn will have a lot of outdoor experiences, for sure! 🙂
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Lovely photos Miriam.
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Thank you, Peter!
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If the fall colors is outside your house, just up the freeway from me, I’m comin’ up. That’s gorgeous!
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Haha, Jacqui! They’re in my daughter’s neighborhood. Have you seen fall colors in CA? I missed the colors for 40 years since I came to CA from Oregon and Washinton. My granddaughter’s birthday gives me the pleasure to see those colors again.
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My daughter lives in Maryland–lovely colors. Us Californians don’t have the leaves-changing-colors season!
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I bet you could go see your daughter and enjoy the lovely fall colors, Jacquie! We don’t have the temperature for the leaves to stop the green color in CA. We only have two seasons, summer and winter. The spring and fall are cheating on us!
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I’ll be there the end of October. Probably too late?
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You’ll see your son first then your daughter in October. That’s wonderful!
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What great photos of Autumn! She’s an intrepid little girl (and one who is obviously well-loved).
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I think my son-in-law Will has a good way to train the girls. My younger granddaughter Nora is 18 months old. She could climb the rocky steps in the playground. One father with her same age girl said he was impressed. Will encouraged Nora to go down the big slide behind him. He let her go down by herself but going just one foot in front of her. When Autumn climbed the rocks, he was right below her on the floor in case to catch her. He also trained her on the paddleboard with her just standing on it, then let her hold the paddle. He’s doing a great job training the girls!
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He certainly is! The girls are very fortunate.
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I think so, Liz. The girls learned so much and have confidence at such young ages.
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