My friends and I headed to the mountains on Veteran's Day and wandered around Apple Hill. The last time I showed you around Apple Hill, my camera battery died and I only had my cell phone to capture the beauty (not very well, I might add).
So this time I went all out with my SLR and tried to capture each moment as well as I could. Not an easy feat considering how much eye candy is on Apple Hill (seriously, you guys need to go if you're ever in Northern California).
In the midst of gazing around at the endless vistas and beautiful vineyards, I realized trees took up the majority of my photos.
They say people photograph what they're scared to lose. Ironically enough, over two hundred trees were chopped down in my neighborhood last week due to an infection spreading across the river. It was traumatizing seeing all the beautiful cherry blossom trees I grew up with being placed in the heartless chopper.
Maybe that's why I couldn't stop taking tree photos at Apple Hill? I don't know. Either way, my love for trees has grown and it was obvious I'm a little more than obsessed with them now.
Enjoy!
From one tree lover to another, I leave you with this quote:
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."
~Martin Luther
Your photographs are incredible, I would love a little house that looked over that view.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun trip! Love all the beautiful photos! Trees are amazing, somewhat majestic! Great photos, Tiffany! xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place!! Oh I wish I could go apple picking this weekend after Thanksgiving but it's too late in New York. =)
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Beautiful shots!!
ReplyDeleteGAH–I have to go this fall! It looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSTUNNING. I just love the apple orchard.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful photos! I love trees. I'd be lost without trees, mountains and the ocean.
ReplyDeletewow these images are so stunning! I'll have to make a trip there one day!
ReplyDeleteI feel so sad hearing that those trees had to be cut down in your neighborhood. =(
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nancy
what a tribute to fall- beautiful quote, but even MORE beautiful photos! The colors are incredible!
ReplyDeleteThese are really gorgeous images!! Love them and a great place to visit...
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Karena
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This is absolutely stunning!
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So beautiful! I love this time of year. I like going up there to take shots for reference and inspiration for my paintings. Thanks for sharing these. You rock.
ReplyDeletefall was like a week here, and now i feel like its winter, crazy. i miss fall in the US!
ReplyDeleteNow I want to climb a tree.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Now I definitely need that camera!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Tiffany!!! xo
ReplyDeleteSwoon! Apple orchards are one of my Top 5 favorite places in the planet - Upstate New York and Northern California have the best!! :)
ReplyDeleteWow!!! This is so incredibly beautiful! I love places like this!
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Gorgeous photos! I've been there :) and miss that area so much. I grew up in CA and then we moved to WA state. Have a happy Thanksgiving!
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leslie
Aww I love photos like this. Trees are amazing and it sounds like you had a nice trip, sweetie. Muah
ReplyDeletedang it is so gorgeous there! apples and trees galore! much to see and to love! and to photograph!
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful place... love the images!
ReplyDeleteWow that statement "They say people photograph what they're scared to lose" is so profound! I find that what I Love most I tend to Photograph most often... and yes, who wants to lose anything we Truly Love!!! So sorry to hear of your Tree losses... we had a 300 year old Tamarack on our Property that the City exercised eminent domain to chop down several years ago because they claimed it had gotten to huge and dangerous to be in a Residential neighborhood... it made me cry. My Dad's side of the Family are Native American and we are very close to Nature and revere it... I felt it sinful to chop down a healthy living ancient one like that and I still grieve about that terrible loss to this day... I shall never live long enough to see such grandeur grow to those proportions on my property again... and in the Arizona Desert Shade is a premium luxury we don't take lightly... in this harsh environment most things don't grow so old and large.
ReplyDeleteI Hope your Thanksgiving went Beautifully... Dawn... The Bohemian