The sugar maple trees are stunning right now.
Walking under them is like being enveloped in a softly glowing, gentle dream.
I took these photos during Sunday’s (October 15) evening walk when it was wind-still and fresh, and the world felt like it was taking a breath.
Standing among them and looking up into their reaches conferred a strong sense of our smallness, of the sweep of life and our little bit within it.
Happy Tuesday.
Some of our national symbol maple trees are beginning their autumn colour-change ritual.
Many of the leaves are still green but others have begun their metamorphosis.
I love how the interior veins of the leaves turn red first, followed by the rest of the leaf as it becomes engulfed in colour before losing its tenacious grip on the twig and drifting to the ground.
I found this lovely example on the ground and decided to bring it home where it posed on my kitchen counter for a close-up.
Happy Saturday. 🍁
This is quite a handle for a cute little ground cover plant with flat green leaves and bright red berries!
The berries – which may last all winter – have recently changed colour and are adding another lovely colour dimension to our autumn palette.
Although they don’t look much like them, this plant is actually part of the rose family. I think those bight berries might be part of the family resemblance, however.
Happy Friday.
The autumn reds are beginning to come into their own. During a break between rain showers, I stopped to take a few pictures of this arresting tribute to the season’s beauty.
This “winged euonymus” or “burning bush” is turning a brilliant colour.
This particular bush was of interest to me since about four or five days ago, it hadn’t started to change at all.
It won’t be long before it is entirely afire and likely causes others to stop and admire, a good thing in our busy world.
Happy Thursday.
Happy Wednesday.
We are starting to hit the heights of our autumn colours; such a beautiful time of year.
Glorious autumn chrysanthemums bring visual joy.
A honey locust tree backed by an incredibly blue sky is a beautiful sight. The pods of the honey locust are sweet and edible, but are best before they turn brown.
The red and yellow ash trees are hitting their optical stride.
Happy Tuesday.
In Canada, it’s Thanksgiving. There is much for which to be thankful.
I hope you have a happy one. 🎃
These red and yellow European ash trees provide a sharp visual counterpoint to the fantastic autumnal blue sky.
Tall and imposing, they are presently at the height of their colour.
These dramatic leaves won’t be around for long, but I plan to enjoy them as much as possible!
Happy Sunday.
Yesterday we had a gorgeous autumn day and decided to have lunch at a restaurant next to Skaha Lake. Penticton sits on an ancient landslide that bisected the valley’s lake to create two: Okanagan Lake at Penticton’s north end and Skaha Lake to the south.
The temperature was perfect so enjoying lunch outside was a good choice. We might not be able to do that for much longer and we got a perfect day for it, or as close to that as possible.
The day was stunningly clear with its beautiful blue canopy.
The mountains are still quite brown after our extremely dry summer, but doing better after a recent week of cooler temperatures and rain.
Happy Thanksgiving Saturday.
There are many lovely symbols and rituals associated with autumn, but all of them are bittersweet, implying as they do the death of the season and the impending colder months.
Big bins of honey crisp apples, cool and crunchy; the last of summer in their sweetness.
Restless swathes of leaves, swirling and settling, settling and swirling.
Green with yellow highlights becomes a lovely and familiar sight.
Happy Friday; happy Thanksgiving weekend. 🦃
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