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Orange You Glad It’s Monday?

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I’m betting that you’re definitely not, but here are some autumnal oranges that might provide you with a little flare to help you get through that nasty first day of the working week.

A beautiful big leaf maple (acer macrophyllum) glows with coppery colour …

… while the Japanese maple (acer palmatum) with its delicate leaves displays a delicate terra cotta hue to match.

A larger photo of the Japanese maple shows that some of its leaves are red or reddish; that’s because its leaves turn that colour first before gradually fading to orange.

And here are three Japanese maples showing a gorgeous – and reflective – reddish-orange.

Even though it’s Monday and can’t be avoided, I hope you have a good one.

Cheers.

28 thoughts on “Orange You Glad It’s Monday?”

  2. Grey and rainy here in the UK, although set to improve as the week goes on. Your splash of colour is very welcome this morning.

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  12. We took Monday off of work to enjoy an extra long weekend. It’s kind of nice knowing this is a shorter work week, it helps get through my least favourite month of the year. Beautiful captures of the fall foliage. I’m surprised at how many leaves you still have on the trees.

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    1. How great that you were able to do that! And I agree, the shorter work week is always a lovely ancillary benefit. The leaves often last here until mid-to-late November but that depends on the species, of course. We have a huge beech tree in the back garden (there are quite a number in our neighbourhood) that is still fully leafed (and green) although these trees tend to keep their leaves quite late in the year.

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