Fall foliage after the storm for @parul2411’s #ThursdayTreeLove

1. Two weeks ago for my last Thursday Tree Love, I bemoaned the fact that I didn't think to get a shot of this spot when everything was still green. I have that shot coming up next, but this is how bare the trees are now, after the wicked winds were through with them.
 
 
1a. Here's that same spot back on October 14th, 2021. Definitely more leaves on the trees then, and more leaves on the ground now.
 
 

2. Back to today - I'm actually surprised we still have any amount of leaves on the trees - I totally expected most of the foliage to be gone.
 
 
3. And while I was bummed that the skies were still grey and gloomy when I went out this morning, it did provide a nice backdrop to make the remaining color pop.
 
 
4. While there's always a carpet of leaves on the ground in the woods, there's now a goodly amount on the yard too, as you can see in the bottom right corner.
 
 
5. Did I mention the gloomy skies?
 
 
6. I just figure Mother Nature is putting on her Halloween best a bit early. I mean, doesn't this look like a spider web tree?
 
 
7. Almost bare branches against the gloomy grey.
 
 
8. Still some leaves stubbornly hanging on.
 
 
9. At first, I was worried I'd messed up the exposure for this shot, since it seemed a bit washed when looking at it on my camera. But I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it on my computer, since the lighting made the leaves so bright even with the lack of sun.
 
 
10. And shows there's still some green that hasn't changed yet.
 
 
11. Looking past the shagbark tree into the woods.
 
 
12. Two weeks ago I was bummed I didn't think my camera did justice to the foliage color. Now I'm happy that my shots actually seem a bit more colorful than they did in person, most likely because of the aforementioned gloom. Wait, did I mention the skies were cloudy? LOL!
 
 
13. I'm happy to say that as I took my last few shots before heading back into the house, I noticed a bit of blue peeking out from behind the clouds.
 
 
14. And maybe it's just me, or maybe it's because one of our cats was watching me from the kitchen window, but those two spots of blue remind me of kitty paw prints.
 
 
14a. I wasn't going to include this since Freddie isn't very tree like (plus the window is wicked dirty), but I figured since I mentioned the cat paws, it was a good excuse to share.
 
 
15. Since the sun was being shy, I didn't try holding up some leaves in front of my camera for any backlit macros. Instead I took a handful of some of the leaves near our porch.
 
 
16. It proved to be a bit challenging, not only because the storm kicked up my tremor a bit, but also because it was still fairly breezy out.
 
 
17. Hard to get a clear shot of a moving target, but I managed to snag these shots.
 
 
18. And after this shot, I decided to "leaf" the yard and head back inside.
 
 

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