I started off by the VCC. There's an oak there, and I love the color of oak this time of year.
There's also a Japanese maple, which is one of the few other type of tree which remains colorful this time of year.
Near the Japanese maple is what I seem to think is a weeping cherry. I don't know how I got that idea. I've noticed that that happens sometimes. That is, there are some trees that I explicitly learn by finding them in a book, or by someone telling me what they are. There are others for which a name just pops into my head. I think that I read about trees that have certain names, and I look at trees whose names I don't know, and then somehow these two things come together in my brain without my noticing it.
Experimenting with photography, I found that I liked the look I got looking from under the oak leaves out to the buildings.
Next I headed for the hawthorns. I wanted to document how they look at this time of year. I think I will make a separate post showing several of those photos, but here is one sample for now. I think I learned hawthorn in the same way I wrote above regarding weeping cherry. I read in books, and look around the world, and then somehow they came together in my brain. I think it was just over a year ago, because I remember telling Bob about it. Three days from now will be the one year anniversary of his death.
Much of the autumn color is gone this year, so I was fascinated to see some color near the entrance to the parking garage.
Entranced, I was drawn forward and found a row of these trees.
As with the hawthorn, I just include one photo for now, and will write a separate post later.
Next I headed over to see my beloved red maples. On my way, I took this photo, showing the state of the trees in front of the Troy Building.
Here is one of the six photos I took of the red maples.
Next, I looked at the view between Walker and Amos Eaton.
Finishing my tour, I headed back to my office in the Lally Building. Beside Lally were the locust trees.
