Country Rambles

We've been having an exceptionally beautiful month of October.

The temperatures having been hovering between 18-24 Celsius (around 68 Fahrenheit)

and I've been out as much as possible, enjoying nature.

From where I live in the town of Lausanne,

I need to take the metro, the train and then another little country train

which you can see here.

It stops at every single little village and hamlet on the way!

I went with a friend, and we noticed how dry the earth was through lack of rain.

The trees were changing colour and looking beautifully seasonal.

Some autumn plantations had already been done and appeared very green

against the dried fields of ploughed earth.

The mountains took on an almost purple hue

and quite a few had been planted with a ground cover

of purple flowers which I learnt were to replenish the soil in nutrients.

Here is a group of flowers in close-up.

The bees seemed to love it.

These country roads are wonderful for walks

and I love to go here at least twice a year to see the beautiful area in different seasons.

I love the lines of fields in different colours.

After walking through the woods, we turned to go back down the hill

down to a village called Apples.

The village church steeple can be seen

and the mountains above the lake as well.

We are still high enough to see the lake

and behind the mountain to the right

is the well-known Mont Blanc Mountain which is in France.

I thought these sunlit leaves, already quite orange,

were so typical of this beautiful season.

Nearer to home, I collected fallen leaves and thought it would be fun

to create an Autumn Quilt by taking macro shots of parts of the leaves and making a collage.

A quilt inspired by nature

in this beautiful month of October.