The Mercantour National Park is in the northern Provence region, running along the border with Italy. it covers much of the northern part of the alpes-Maritimes Department. The parc offers a great variety of habitats and environments and an equally wide range of flora and fauna. It covers some 685 km², and consists of a central uninhabited zone comprising several valleys (Roya, Bévéra, Vésubie, Tinée, Haut Var/Cians, Verdon, Ubaye – and a peripheral zone that includes a couple of dozen villages. The Valmasque is a small river that flows through the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France. It flows into the Brague in Biot.

credit: jdufrenoy

Autumn Is the most beautiful season of year. The leaves are beginning to change color and fall to the ground. Liverpool has more parks than Paris, Calderstones, Croxteth, Sefton and Everton. It has many acres of beautiful parks and gardens, ideal to visit, explore, jog around or just for relaxation. The biggest park, by far, in Liverpool is Sefton Park, arcing around the bo-ho southern suburbs of the city. Other parks are: Stanley Park, Newsham Park, Princes Park, Greenbank Park, Walton Hall Park ….

Stanley Park Liverpool

Stanley Park Liverpool

Stanley Park Liverpool

Stanley Park Liverpool

Newsham Park

Newsham Park

Newsham Park

Newsham Park

Newsham Park

Princes Park

Princes Park

Greenbank Park

Greenbank Park

Walton Hall Park

Walton Hall Park

Walton Hall Park

Walton Hall Park

Sefton Park Liverpool

Sefton Park Liverpool

credit: Bob Edwards Picture Liverpool

In l601, shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa built the Enkoji Temple in Fushimi, Kyoto, as a school to promote scholarship in japan, and invited as its principal Zen Priest Genkitsu Sanyo, who had been the ninth principal of the Ashikaga School in Shimotsuke. Enkoji has a beautiful garden with a pond and many maple trees. It provides lovely views of greenery in summer and stunning fall colors in autumn. It is famous for its autumn colors which are usually best in late November. Another feature of the garden is an underground water basin that allows visitors to appreciated the delicate sound of dripping water.

credit: Norio.NAKAYAMA

Fall is here and the trees are spiced with golden, amber and scarlet hues. Autumn’s luminescent display of colors is a memorable, but brief. Perfect time to take some photos. Morning is best time for it, because the air is always cleaner, and there is less dust, smog, etc.

credit: Artis Rams