Thursday, 28 April 2011

AUTUM VINE LEAVES

APRIL IN THE WINELANDS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, THE END OF MARCH GENERALLY HERALDS THE ARRIVAL OF FALL AND, HENCE, THE END OF THE HARVESTING OF GRAPES. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN STELLENBOSCH, AT THE ENTRANCE OF "DELHEIM" ESTATE. I LOVE THE DEEP HUES OF RED THAT COLOUR AND SET ALIGHT THE, ATTRACTIVELY SHAPED, LEAVES OF THE VINE. TO ME, THEY LOOK AS IF THEY ARE CONSUMED BY A PASSIONATE FIRE WHICH ALLOWS THEM, FOR A TIME STILL, TO SHARE THEIR MATURE BEAUTY FOR ALL TO SEE, BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF WINTER.

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