falling leaves
Trees shedding foliage
Falling leaves is about the end of the growing season, the end of the year, and the end of warm weather.
It signals change and transition, which people often find melancholy.
Sheds foliage seasonally
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- abscissionPlant part separation
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
- chlorophyllLight-harvesting plant pigment
compost · mulch · detritus · humus · seasonal · equinox · dormancy · nutrients
Lasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- evanescenceGradual disappearance from existence
- momentaryLasting very briefly
transitory · passing · vanishing · short-lived · fragile · delicate · brief · fading
Deep purplish-red shade
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
- rustlingSoft crackling noise
- whirlingRotating swiftly in place
scenic · picturesque · serene · palette · tapestry · hues · vibrant · foliage
Decrease or refuse
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- witheringDrying and declining
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- twilightLight after sunset
autumnal · sunset · waning · entropy · frailty · passage of time · generations · grey
Longing for the past
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
pensive · forlorn · elegy · mournful · sepia · remembrance · twilight · heartache
deciduous
Sheds foliage seasonally
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- abscissionPlant part separation
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
chlorophyll · compost · mulch · detritus · humus · seasonal · equinox · dormancy · nutrients · decomposition
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- evanescenceGradual disappearance from existence
momentary · transitory · passing · vanishing · short-lived · fragile · delicate · brief · fading · withering
crimson
Deep purplish-red shade
whirling · scenic · picturesque · serene · palette · tapestry · hues · vibrant · foliage · canopy
decline
Decrease or refuse
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- witheringDrying and declining
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
twilight · autumnal · sunset · waning · entropy · frailty · passage of time · generations · grey · wrinkled
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
yearning · pensive · forlorn · elegy · mournful · sepia · remembrance · twilight · heartache · plaintive
- autumn leavesmaple leaf, oak leaf, autumn colors, foliage, leaf color
- fall sceneryfoliage, pumpkin patches, orchards, red maples, apple orchards
- seasonal poetryhaiku, Christmas carol, Easter hymn, autumn poem, seasonal imagery
- autumnautumn equinox, autumn colors, changing colors, autumnal equinox, pumpkins
- Fireworksfirework, sparklers, mortars, burst, bursts
- seasonal symbolssnowflake, cherry blossom, harvest moon, spring flower, autumn leaf
falling leavesspring buds
Early seasonal plant growth
budding trees · new growth · spring blossoms · cherry blossoms · blossoming
falling leavesnew beginnings
Chances to start again
rebirth · renewal · youth · flourishing · growth
falling, leaves, fall, falls, fallen, faller, fallout, downfall, waterfall