Autumn in Pictures

I hate winter. I love autumn though. It's the most vivid time of year for colours and smells and (at times) temperature changes. The leaves turning colour and falling, the morning mists and the smell of bonfires are heartbreakingly beautiful aspects of autumn.  Autumn has other aspects too like the beautiful light that falls at sunset (this is the UK, so we rarely see them among the grey sheets of cloud) and the still, coolness of the mornings.
While Hallowe'en is imported from the the U.S. and is celebrated somewhat ceremoniously, it's cool that in the UK we still celebrate Guy Fawkes' Night on the 5th November, with bonfires and fireworks.

Some of these photos were taken on a recent visit to Chester, while the rest are taken in London.   

                                                 skirt pattern and fire in the distance.

                                                 The river Dee, in Chester.

                                                Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.

                                                         The river Thames at Waterloo bridge.