Autumn in Ohio...

Autumn in Cleveland has come and gone, yet I could not pass up the chance to post some pictures of the beautiful landscape. We took these pictures while driving through The Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio. The Arboretum is one of the largest in the United States, with over 3,400 acres. 600 acres are devoted to collections and gardens. It is named for Albert Fairchild Holden, a mining engineer and executive, who had considered making Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum his beneficiary. However, his sister, Roberta Holden Bole, convinced him that Cleveland deserved its own arboretum. Thus Mr. Holden established an arboretum in memory of his deceased daughter, Elizabeth Davis. We enjoyed the long autumn days in Ohio, the foliage and color was magnificent, these amateur photos do not capture the beauty of the Ohio countryside.