Rain on the window, a fire on the hearth, comfortable chairs, good books, food, something hot to drink, and a cat for company. What could make an autumn day any cozier?

This is my digital artwork, not a photograph.

Just a quiet rainy autumn day - in closeup.

This is my digital artwork, not a photograph.

I could do without seeing spiders, but I love to see a spider web with dew drops in the morning.

This is my digital artwork, not a photograph.

A fallen leaf reflects the tree it came from.

I had been doing some pretty colorful pieces, so I thought it would be good to focus on light and shadow for a change. This is a closeup photograph of an orange rose, but I took away all the color except for the water droplets.

For this image I was figuring how to get depth of field in Vue.

I found this buttercup buried in the grass on my grandfather's Christmas tree farm, off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Fancy Gap, Virginia, the same place as Appalachian Green and How the Grass Grows

These azaleas were looking nice and fresh after a spring rainstorm. I thought the raindrops gave a nice sparkle, and a little selective coloring helped to bring out the glowing center.

Here in the southeast there are azaleas blooming everywhere in April. I photographed these after a rainstorm, and I thought a little selective coloring would be appropriate.