{"id":24991,"date":"2017-09-29T11:17:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/?p=24991"},"modified":"2017-10-04T15:05:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T21:05:37","slug":"welcome-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/2017\/09\/29\/welcome-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Autumn!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25000\" style=\"width: 1320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/photo\/an-autumn-morn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25000\" src=\"http:\/\/luna.journeyoflight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_7457-longs-from-trail-1.jpg\" alt=\"In the early morning, Longs Peak is visible above the autumn trees on the trail to Beirstadt Lake. - Rocky Mountain NP Photography \" width=\"1320\" height=\"880\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Autumn Morn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although the official start of Autumn was a week ago, hot weather continued to prevail until the last couple of days. Today, the weather finally feels like fall and everywhere are mums and pumpkins. To help celebrate the change of the seasons I am presenting some of my favorite fall images from years past!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24992\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/photo\/isaidhellogoodbye\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24992\" src=\"http:\/\/luna.journeyoflight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_0193_snowpath-1.jpg\" alt=\"An early October snowfall covers the trees at Schramm State Recreation Area in eastern Nebraska. - Schramm SRA Photography \" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I Said Hello, Goodbye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24993\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/photo\/waitingbythecascade\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24993\" src=\"http:\/\/luna.journeyoflight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6150-aspen-leaf-in-stream-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"A lone fallen autumn aspen leaf grasps to a rock as the Big Thompson cascades by. - Colorado Photography \" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiting by the Cascade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24994\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/photo\/call-of-the-bull-elk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24994\" src=\"http:\/\/luna.journeyoflight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/112A9347-fall-elk-1.jpg\" alt=\"A bull elk bugles to its mates in Rocky Mountain National Park, the sound echoing through Moraine Park. - Colorado Photography \" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Call of the Bull Elk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24995\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/photo\/last-light-on-longs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24995\" src=\"http:\/\/luna.journeyoflight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/112A9501-longs-peak-sunset-1.jpg\" alt=\"On a cool autumn evening sun strikes the peak of Long's Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. A faint rainbow briefly appeared as the storm moved over the mountain. - Colorado Photography \" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last Light on Longs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24996\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/photo\/electricfire\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24996\" src=\"http:\/\/luna.journeyoflight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8743-autumn-tree-crop-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"An maple tree turns fiery red and orange in the Autumn at Arbor Day Lodge State Park in Nebraska City, Nebraska. - Arbor Day Lodge SP Photography \" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Electric Fire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24997\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/photo\/sandhillssentinel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24997\" src=\"http:\/\/luna.journeyoflight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_7569-tree-ft-niobrara-1.jpg\" alt=\"A single tree sits upon the sandhills at Ft. Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge.\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandhills Sentinel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24998\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24998\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/photo\/fallsfinalcurtaincall\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24998\" src=\"http:\/\/luna.journeyoflight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0704_treebranch_orton-1.jpg\" alt=\"A maple tree bursts forth into glorious autumn colors while the setting sun shines through the leaves. - DeSoto Photography \" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall&#8217;s Final Curtain Call<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24999\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/photo\/autumns-style\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24999\" src=\"http:\/\/luna.journeyoflight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6828-maple-leaves-hanging-nebraska-1.jpg\" alt=\"Late afternoon sunlight illuminates autumn maple leaves at Arbor Day Lodge State Park in Nebraska City, Nebraska.\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Autumn&#8217;s Style<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25001\" style=\"width: 1320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/photo\/autumnmoonrising\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25001\" src=\"http:\/\/luna.journeyoflight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_7491-moon-through-aspens-1.jpg\" alt=\"The moon is seen through the branches of an autumn aspen tree on the trail down from Beirstadt Lake in the fall in Rocky Mountain National Park.\" width=\"1320\" height=\"880\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Autumn Moon Rising<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25002\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/photo\/theprairiewitness\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25002\" src=\"http:\/\/luna.journeyoflight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_5765-custer-sp-tree-on-hill-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"A tree stands witness through the ages upon a hill on the prairie at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. - South Dakota Photography \" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Prairie Witness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the official start of Autumn was a week ago, hot weather continued to prevail until the last couple of days. Today, the weather finally feels like fall and everywhere are mums and pumpkins. To help celebrate the change of the seasons I am presenting some of my favorite fall &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,98,99,101,105,110,113,15,119,126,128,130,29,36,140,49,50,51,56],"tags":[161,166],"class_list":["post-24991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arbor-day-lodge-sp","category-desoto-national-wildilfe-refuge","category-elk","category-fall","category-forest","category-grasses","category-intimate","category-iowa","category-landscape","category-moon","category-mountains","category-nature","category-photo-friday","category-rocky-mountain-national-park-colorado","category-sky","category-sun","category-sunrise","category-sunset","category-trees","tag-landscape","tag-nature","column","twocol","has-thumbnail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24991"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25016,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24991\/revisions\/25016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}