Autumn/Fall

An early morning walk two days ago in brilliant sunshine took me past some beautiful autumn scenery, see for example the scene above of   the garden of the local Catholic church, although my iPhone photograph  does not do it justice.

The road on our nearby home was covered in leaves, hence presumably the USA name of Fall  as distinct from the British Autumn..

Since the above picture was taken, there have been torrents of rain particularly  during last night and this morning, so that the autumnal views have largely dissipated to be replaced by wet leaves underfoot.

Perhaps the name autumn is  the more apt before many of the leaves fall, with the latter name (fall)  being apt when most of the leaves are swept down from the trees by the passage of time or weather.