nature, Photography

Rainy Season

36 Comments

We’re deep into November now and have entered the rainy season. If the weather sticks to its usual patterns, we will have a lot of rain and cloud for about the next two months.

Chittamwood trees retain their leaves quite late into autumn.

We still have a little colour around that’s breaking up the grey motif, but probably not for long. Soon we will rely on seasonal light displays and plants such as poinsettias to bring us some relief.

Rainy lace leaf maple.

The lace leaf maples are beginning to turn purple – the colour change stage they enter before dropping their leaves – and a light rain accompanies almost every step we take.

Lace leaf maple in its late autumn stage.

Lots of bushes and trees will retain a duller shade of green as they rest through the winter until they’re ready to once more provide us with their beauties.

Happy Saturday.

36 thoughts on “Rainy Season”

    1. They’re not native to this area (they come from the southern U.S. and Mexico) but they do well here. They turn red late in the autumn and will probably only shed their leaves in December, so they’re a bright spot in our grey rainy conditions right now.

      Like

    1. Ours really hasn’t bad either, just rather grey, but we’re catching up from a long drought and this rain has been very slow and soaking, so it’s exactly what’s needed. I love those maples too, although I think I like any type of maple!

      Liked by 1 person

    1. I understand, John. We have slowly been coming out of a very long drought – that included terrible forest fires – and are finally getting a more normal, wet winter. I hope the rain works its way to you, too.

      Liked by 1 person

    1. Thanks, Allan. It sure is. Another grey day today and we might be getting some wind from the next Pacific storm, too. All the rain in the valley is falling as snow in the mountains so the ski operators are delighted. Big White opened yesterday; its first early opening since 2020. Cheers.

      Liked by 1 person

    2. You’re near Saskatoon I believe? Probably not since these grow in zones 5-8 and Saskatoon is zone 3. But you could try a red maple. They’re very hardy and turn such a glorious red in autumn. Cheers.

      Like

Comments are closed.