Enjoy the fall colors — Pictures inside

[prolesunited]

I went riding today in the Indiana Dunes area. It was a gorgeous day and I took my camera with me. These are a few of my favorite shots. I thought people who live in areas of the country where the leaves don't change color would especially enjoy them.

[youngred]

1. Gorgeous photos!

Autumn is what I miss most about Upstate NY. Changing trees, crisp weather, apples, apple cider, cinnamon donuts, hot air baloons, festivals, hay rides and corn mazes.

Sigh, DC sucks sometimes. Thanks for the reminder of fall

[prolesunited]

2. Wildflowers were in full bloom

[Rocinante]

4. You really have

some great shots there. Good work!

[prolesunited]

14. Thank you!!!

Nature photography is one of my hobbies.

If you're interested, you can see more here:
http://homepage.mac.com/prolesunited/Through_My_Eyes/PhotoAlbum26.html

You can navigate through the albums at the top. The butterflies and Sedona are my two favorites.

[prolesunited]

3. Cool bugs

Anyone know what these are?

[salin]

8. Milkweed!

There used to be fields and fields of them where I grew up. All plowed over for new developments. Haven't seen milkweed in years.

[qanda]

11. You beat me to it,

But it's good to know that I wasn't wrong. I will be showing my children these pictures tomorrow. We'll add another bug to our collection. Thanks.

[prolesunited]

15. Isn't it cool!

I had to resist the urge to open all of the pods. LOL!

I remember a crafter who used to take the pods, empty them and spraypaint them gold. She would then put scenes inside them, similar to fancy decorated eggs.

[qanda]

10. Great pictures!

My children and I like to do identification of all kinds of bugs, trees, animals, etc. So I looked this one up and I think it's the milkweed bug. Check out this site for more info: http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/milkweed.html

[prolesunited]

16. I knew someone here would have an answer.

Thank you for the link. See my post #14 for my homepage with nature photos. Perhaps your children would enjoy identifying the butterflies. There's more trees and flowers in there as well.

[qanda]

19. WOW! I'm impressed.

That should keep us busy for weeks. Thanks a million.

[Bozita]

22. Those bugs are getting it on!

haha

[prolesunited]

23. If you liked that, get a load of these! LOL!

[Bozita]

25. More internet porn --- Asscroft warned us 'bout that stuff.

[LTR]

28. Another sign of fall

Boxelder bugs!

Ick!

[prolesunited]

5. At the end of the day

I headed to the beach to catch the tail end of the sunset. You can see Chicago in the distance. In an ironic twist, the belching steel mills along the Lake Michigan shore produces the most incredible sunsets.

[youngred]

9. all of these are incredible!

what kind of camera do you have?

[prolesunited]

17. I shot these on

a Sony Cyber-shot P72 (3.2 megapixels). You can see it in action in D.C.! :-)

I have a Canon G3 at work, which I like better. Since I take it to a lot of protests, I was a little leery of spending that much just in case something were to happen.

[youngred]

18. very nice

I can't wait to see it and the pics that you're going to take.

The Cannon is far far superior to the sony you're right, but its to expensive to risk in case you take a picture of the wrong thing for the police

[Democrats unite]

6. Thanks for sharing, In South Florida we have...

Green & greener! Boy How I miss the fall in the S.E. Kentucky!

[prolesunited]

20. Now that would be really

beautiful with the rolling hills. I would really miss the fall colors and snow at Christmastime.

[catzies]

38. In Southern California we have...

Brown and browner! I miss the green and greener of South Florida.

Seasons never meant much to me. Never had a white Christmas, don't ever want one.

[ronzo]

7. Thank you!

We have a color change down here in Louisiana... Green or brown.
I really do love the colors... we took a trip down east a few years ago just in time for the change. Awesome vacation.
Thanks for the photos... you made my evening.

[prolesunited]

26. You're welcome!

It really is spectacular. Fall is my favorite season.

[JohnKleeb]

12. beautiful proles really

:thumbsup:

[benfranklin1776]

13. Outstanding shots!

Thanks much for sharing them.

[Rocinante]

21. I had to go offline

right after I posted a while ago. I just visited your page and all I can say is Wow. You do some really beautiful work.:thumbsup:

[ewagner]

24. BOOKMARKED

My wife grew up in the Calumet region...she's asleep now but I'll save the pics for her for tomorrow.

Indiana Dunes was one of her favorite places!

[Seneca]

27. beautiful pictures!

It reminds me why Fall is my favorite season. :-)

[slappypan]

29. Stunning! Thank you!

I love the Indiana Dunes.

[prolesunited]

30. It was beautiful.

I brought my hiking boots and a change of clothes and was planning to do a little trekking but I simply ran out of time. If next weekend is nice, I'm definitely going back.

Are you from this area, slappypan?

[GOPisEvil]

31. Beautiful!

We got nothing like that here. At least in the fall...see me in spring when the wildflowers are in bloom. :-)

[prolesunited]

32. I'm sure that's spectacular as well.

You could always come back and visit your friends in Chicago. Or perhaps you're waiting for the SNOW!

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

33. Let's see...the snow...the last time I saw real snow was...

1985 or so. :D

I've seen flurries a couple of times since then, but nothing that stuck. Ice and sleet a couple of times a year, but no snow.

I'd love to come for a visit. It's been a year since my last visit already. :-(

[pmbryant]

34. Thanks for the great pictures

We're still a few weeks away from the peak colors in central Texas. Of course, peak colors here are much more subtle than they are up north.

But it's still more than I got than back when I lived in Hawaii.

:-)

--Peter

[brook]

35. Thanks.

It was thoughtful of you to think of us 'Fall Color' deprived folks. Beautiful pix.

[VOX]

36. Terrific photos, prolesunited!

I'm in So. Calif., and this "seasonal" thing doesn't happen here.

Thanks so much for posting these!
:toast:

[Undemcided]

39. Head to the mountains.

n/t

[Terran]

37. Indiana looks beautiful

Never been there, but I'm impressed! Missouri is looking wonderful right now too. Our colors tend to be a little more muted, and from a distance, the trees resemble some kind of French Renaissance tapestry--gold, burgandy, muted greens and yellows. The Sumacs turn red, and imported maples orange, but the native trees are subtle beyond compare.