Leaves, Part One

I've been fascinated with leaves lately.  Just about every walk I've taken with my dogs the past few weeks, I've spotted a few leaves or a vine that beg to have their picture taken.    So, since I'm not good when something begs, I give in way too easily, I went ahead and took the pictures.    And here they are, at least Part One.

Tender new shoots

Reaching out...

From the tender shoots and reaching vines to the wispy leaves of this plant...

And then I saw this...

And I knew Fall was on its way, just a touch of bronzing to begin with...

But then the other leaves showed signs of changing, and I knew cooler weather was on its way.

Flowers were ready to release their seed pods. 

And the vines started to change, and fruit started to set for the wild animals to eat.

Vines were fountaining out from standing trees.

And some of the leaves got redder and redder...

The vines continued to turn yellow and drop their leaves. 

I'll add some more pictures later as the journey into fall continued...