The sun was shining in a brilliant blue sky…October at its finest! I couldn’t believe my eyes! If you know me at all, you will know that I quickly packed up my camera and headed to the Arboretum for a photoshoot. A morning like this is an unexpected gift…not to be spent indoors. I started down the trail as usual to see if there were any leaves remaining on the sugar maple tree, which had already reached its prime when I was here two days ago. On that rainy Saturday morning under grey skies, the maple looked like this…
Unfortunately, since my Saturday morning visit, rainy, windy weather had rolled in and spent the weekend. And as you can see in the picture at the top of this post, the gorgeous maple had passed its prime in those few days. This morning only a few lonely leaves were left, clinging to the branches.
Nevertheless, this was a glorious morning, so after taking the picture above, I set off down the trail, anticipating more Autumn color to come around the next curve in the trail. Just to whet your appetite for an Autumn trail walk, here is a mosaic of a few more pictures I took this morning. I promise you there will be more spectacular sights like these trees, but it’s too late to post them tonight.
But I’ll be back in a day or two to share more Autumn joy!
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 
Yes, Linda, Fall is way too fleeting. I would prefer for Fall to be the length of summer or even winter.
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Such a shame those leaves swept away like that – same thing happened here with rain and fierce winds last Saturday through Sunday and even worse winds for Halloween. Fall is so beautiful yet fleeting.
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such beautiful colours. we are enjoying the same here in the uk. beautiful nature all around
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Those leaves are beautiful Gillian and we had a shortened Fall – the snow we had the other day didn’t last long, but we’re getting about three inches this Monday and it is way too early for that … I am not liking the new norm for weather and you being from the U.K., I know your weather has not been so normal the last few years either. I follow a few UK bloggers and we compare notes..
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