Autumn and winter are my favourite times of the year. Autumn, of course, mainly because of the colours but also because of the fog and mist and the marvelous skies and…

This year, it seems to me, the colours have been even more intense than usual and it has annoyed me that I haven't had an opportunity to take any photographs.
A fortnight ago I snapped off a couple of shots from my office window (which I do quite regularly) and was happy to have captured some of the Autumn colours 'on film' at last.



Last week, though, looking out of the same window, I was presented with a palette even more abundant in colour, I dropped everything and grabbed a camera.
The difference a week can make!



I do like Autumn…

How silly of me…
… I just logged on to see if there were any new entries on this blog.
Of course, no one else works here…

You'll have to excuse – I've still got my right leg in 'plaster' and don't spend so many hours at the computer as I used to.
I don't get round to doing as much photography as I might, either.

However – a fortnight ago, I travelled with friends from the Fotoclub St.Gallen to Kaufdorf in Gürbethal (near Bern) because there is an Automobile Cemetery there.
Quite photogenic.



Sadly the cemetery will have to close in March next year, so any one wanting to see this spectacular display of automobile history will have to hurry!

In 1975 the authorities in Bern gave the owner of the scrap yard permission to create the auto cemetery, but insisted he would have to hide it by planting a few hundred trees.
The trees were planted and both cars and trees have coexisted ever since. Nature, however, is slowly gaining the upper hand.
In places it is hard to decide if a car is part of a tree or if a tree is part of a car.

Now the authorities have decided that the cemetery has to disappear – the trees do not blend into the landscape and the cars (not one of them a day under 30 years old) are polluting the environment!
Quite paradox.

I shan't go into all of the arguments that have ignited around the topic. Let it suffice to say that they are heated, with the authorities refusing to see that the scrap yard might be of any cultural value…

…look at the pictures and judge for yourself.