How can it possibly be the end of October already?!
It seems like I was just knee-deep in summer stuff then, POOF! It was the end of October.
As usual, when I looked through my photo library for the month, I had an appreciation for how rich this month turned out to be. There were so many great memories, but one particular theme stood out – autumn colour.
We had some pockets of unseasonably warm weather which gave me the chance to play a last round of golf amid the changing colours and falling leaves.
Fall golfing is wonderful … especially when I get to spend the day with my sister.
However, golfing in October comes with some unique challenges – like trying to find your ball with so many leaves littering the course.
With the fall colours exploding around us, Helen and I took the opportunity for a day trip into cottage country north of Toronto. We were rewarded with outstanding views of autumn at its best.
The view from a scenic lookout tower in Dorset was spectacular in spite of the overcast day.
Meanwhile, back in Toronto at the Scarborough Bluffs, the leaves have been slower to change, but the landscape is no less spectacular.
I don’t normally feature photos of the skies, but we’ve had such interesting cloud formations, they’ve been impossible to ignore.
It won’t be long now before all the colour is gone and we will be entrenched in the grayness of winter.
I can only enjoy the colour now while it lasts.
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Changing Seasons is a monthly photo feature hosted this year by Su Leslie at Zimmerbitch.
Beautiful Photos! Thank you for sharing
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Your morning sky picture is awesome!!
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Thanks! I was really happy that this one turned out 🙂
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That could be framed. 🙂
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Thank you for the idea. It never crossed my mind but now that you mention it …
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🙂 🙂 Glad I could inspire!
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You are right with landscape spectacular! Gorgeous photos!🙂
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thanks 🙂
Autumn is such a beautiful time of year it’s so easy to get photos that take your breath away!
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How did I miss this post? Hi Joanne. I love seeing the autumn colors. You did a spectacular job of capturing the trees in all their glory. Great to see you and your sister having such a good time — that’s a fun picture. Hugs on the wing.
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Thanks for the hugs, Teagan! They are always welcomed 🙂
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Beautiful fall captures, Joanne! Enjoy the colours, smells and wonders of fall while they last!
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There likely won’t be much left by the time this day is over. It was raining yellow leaves on the weekend in the winds and today there is actually a wind advisory in the forecast. It’s going to be a blustery one!
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I sure enjoyed visiting these colorful and autumnal spots, Joanne. The Scarborough Bluffs are magnificent!
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They are even more spectacular in person 🙂
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It’s worse, it’s November already… I vividly remember when I was telling myself this spring that I need to go out and shoot the flowers, which I never did — so last call to get out and shoot the autumn leaves, I guess!
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Even worse – it feels like November when all of its rain and gloomy skies. With yesterday’s winds it was raining yellow leaves – rather pretty actually except I had just finished raking in the small window when it had stopped raining. Now it looks exactly the same as it did before 😏
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I see… The leaves are so pretty to shoot but such a bother to clean…
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So much gorgeous colour. I chuckled at the golf ball doing its best to hide from being whacked again. The Scarborough Bluffs are gorgeous. I do hope to see them one day.
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I can’t believe I’ve lived in Toronto for over 35 years and I just discovered the Bluffs for myself a couple of years ago. They are magnificent and I would happily take you there for a walk some day …. although you are used to REAL mountains so they might not have the same effect on you 😉
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I would love to take that walk one day very soon!
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Then it’s a date! 🙂
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Yay!
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Love seeing your autumn colours, contrast to our spring colours.
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It was an interesting design on Mother Nature’s part to make the shoulder seasons so colourful with summer and winter so monochromatic …. at least here they are.
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Lovely photos. Autumn is my favorite season, for a variety of reasons. I’m glad it’s here. See you —
Neil S.
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Thanks Neil. There is definitely an abundance of beauty in this season – especially this morning when we’re enjoying glorious sunshine 🙂
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It’s been a great October. The colours have been wonderful
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The colours have been beautiful … too bad the weather has been rather gloomier than I would have liked.
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Welcome to even gloomier November!
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Now I remember why I don’t golf in the fall (too many lost balls!). Beautiful photos with the colours of fall. Thanks for sharing!!
Dave (Hubby)
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Thanks Dave 🙂
For me, lost balls are a given … but on the fairway? Now we’re talking extreme golf 😆
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Your trees looks so pretty. The colors are amazing. We’re having a drab fall, so I’m jealous. I didn’t know you played golf. Is there any outdoor activity that you don’t do? I’m impressed by your umph.
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hahaha! The people who know my game would say I don’t actually play it – more like torturing it 😉
Ironically, even though I’m from the north, I don’t like winter sports. I’ve never been on downhill skis and at this stage of my life, it’s unlikely I will ever try. I’m not a huge fan of falling – especially if there might be speed involved 😉
Last year I tried skating and it’s terrifying. Again, falling. And again, people who know me question why I would want to try. Maybe this is my version of senility 😉
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I ice-skated as a girl, but never tried downhill skiing. I played golf for a while as an adult, and like you, tortured it. Thus I do none of those activities now. I like walking. I can do walking. Walking is cool by me.
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Walking is the best. Can be done anywhere at anytime in any weather … and {knock on wood} I’ve never actually hurt myself walking 😉
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I love the colour of autumn leaves. Your photos are all great and it’s hard to pick a favourite. Perhaps I’d have to choose the last one of the Seaton Trail – the colours are so vibrant and the photo so crisp.
Jude
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Thanks Jude. When the sun is out, it’s like the trees light up. It’s glorious.
I should mention that I’m having a lot of difficulty commenting on your blog – as in, I can’t. I’ve tried through my Google Account and as “Anonymous’ and yet my comments seem to just disappear.
Love your photos from Portugal. It’s been on my wish list for a long time. Cliffs, castles, great architecture … sounds like my kind of place!!
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Oh wow!!! Those fall colors are absolutely stunning Joanne!! I love those bluffs too!
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Thanks Amy 🙂
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The view from the tower is gorgeous, and that lane lined with the colors of autumn is sublime! You’ve got some wonderful Fall color going on there.
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I’ve managed to capture some great moments – thanks 🙂
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Since my wife doesn’t read your blog, I can say what I’d never say in her presence: I do sometimes miss the northern color changes and cooler fall temperatures. If she knew I said that, she might make me sell our home here in Florida! The trees in your photos are so beautiful. There really is nothing like those shades of brown and red on the leaves. – Marty
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While the warmer temperatures are very tempting in February, I really have no desire to permanently move south. I like the seasons, I even don’t really mind winter … except that it overstays its welcome.
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Stunning!
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Thank you 🙂
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I thought the changing of the colours was late this year as well, especially here in the city. When we drove to the cottage last week we were treated to some wonderful colours along the way. The squirrels are eating my pumpkin on the porch. I hope that isn’t a sign of a hard winter to come but I think it might be.
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I didn’t think squirrels would eat pumpkin. I just hope that all the leaves are off the trees and we have a chance to clean up before the snow comes. Actually, no snow would suit me just fine 😏
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The squirrels in my neighbourhood are getting very fat off my pumpkin. I’ll have to try and get a photo of one. I think the rain is helping to bring the leaves down.
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It’s raining yellow leaves here this morning. In the sunshine, it looks stunning!!
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October just flew by didn’t it? Fall colors make me happy. I watch the leaves turning and I am getting slowly ready for winter. Great Pictures Joanne!
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The sad part about fall is that the pretty phase is so short. We seemed to suddenly go from very warm to cold … at least it feels cold compared to the heat we’ve been used to.
Usually when it starts to cool off, life gets a bit slower but I don’t feel that happening yet. Not such a bad thing 🙂
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I LOVE these photos. You’ve captured the autumn colours brilliantly!
BTW – Is that your sister in the golf photo?
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Yes, it is my sister. Unfortunately we don’t get to spend much time together and this was a great day 🙂
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Gorgeous autumnal colours and the view from that tower is wonderful. Our temperatures have plunged suddenly and from a fairly mild October we now appear to be heading straight into winter. I hope this doesn’t mean we are in for another cold one, although I prefer cold and sunny to mild and wet!
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While October started out quite warm, it changed suddenly and this month has been chilly. I’ve heard that we should expect another winter like last year. Ugh. Glad I pulled all my warm clothes out.
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It has been a funny old year, weatherwise. We just do not know what to expect!
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So pretty and serene, Joanne. The white cliffs are spectacular and that sky over Lake Ontario! Wow. We are in full color here, but so many leaves are falling now… soon we’ll be looking forward to lengthening days and spring.
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I’m trying not to wish days away and embrace the idea of winter coming. Who knows? I might actually learn to like snow. bwahahahaha! Riiiight 😆
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I like winter… a lot. But its toooo loooong. A month with a couple nice snowfalls would be great, and quite enough. 😀
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Amen!
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I do love the fall colors, but then winter comes, Ugh! We don’t have brilliant colors yet, I’m hoping they come soon (or else the leaves will be gone without the fanfare). I love taking pictures when JG is driving, that was a great shot. Love the sky photo as well. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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Sadly we woke up to a dusting of snow this morning. It didn’t last for long but it’s a harbinger of what’s to come. Sigh.
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Our fall color has been slow to show. Thanks for sharing yours. It’s good to be able to get outside and move through the woods in late October. Unless you’re golfing, then the woods aren’t do great.
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hahaha! So true! Golfing is the only time I’m not happy to be traipsing through the woods! 😆
We have a dusting of snow this morning. Ugh.
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First time for me visiting your blog, Joanne. How lovely to be surrounded by all that colour.
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Thank you for visiting 🙂 … and especially for leaving a comment.
The fall colour is beautiful – but sadly it doesn’t last for long and is followed by snow 😕
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A long time ago, I was kind of offered a job in Toronto. I was not all that well so I didn’t go. The snow put me off a bit as well.
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Our weather can be a shock to many people when they come here. They don’t appreciate the extremes we can experience in both hot and cold. Quite frankly, the older I get, the more I don’t care for the extremes either.
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beautiful colors and I love your smiles with the trees behind you!
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Thanks 🙂 On such a perfect day there was a lot to smile about 😁
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Beautiful. So much to love about autumn. Love the sky over the water, too.
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The colour, the cooler temperatures, the food, … yes, autumn rules!
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I’m envious of your Fall colours, Joanne as where I live in Australia we don’t have the same trees. Further South we do, but not in the tropics where I live. We do have beautiful Jacarandas which bloom each October for a short time before they fall and leave a carpet of purple. Nature is wonderful isn’t it?
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A carpet of purple flowers sounds gorgeous! I just looked up some images and WOW! We definitely don’t have any of that!!
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Beautiful, Joanne. I’m glad you’ve been out enjoying the weather! I have too – too busy to blog in fact. But will have a Changing Seasons post up soon as the weather is most unpleasant today! 🙂
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I was most unhappy to wake up to a dusting of snow on the ground this morning 😕 So far my wish that we would have a long and pleasant fall isn’t working out so well.
Glad to hear you’ve been getting out to enjoy the weather every chance you get. Looking forward to your Changing Seasons post 🙂
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Wow. You and your sister are two peas in a pod! Fall really does produce the most beautiful active skies. That shot above Lake Ontario is remarkable.
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Thank you. Every once in a while I take a photo that really makes me smile. That was one of them 🙂
Yes – there is no questioning whether we are sisters or not … although I wish I shared her height and leanness 😉
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That house at Scarborough Bluffs…I can only imagine living there and having that view every single day.
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oops – sorry, the sequence of photos might be a bit misleading. The house is actually in cottage country about 2 hours north of Toronto. The only view of the Bluffs is from a small spit of beach at the base of the cliffs – or from Lake Ontario 😏
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Beautiful post Joanne. I loved the cloud formation over the lake. Stunning! I have to admit I was a little jealous when I saw your golf cart standing beside someone else’s….glad you got out one more time! Until next year…
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Thanks Judy. I think we should take our golfing indoors this winter 🙂⛳️
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I’m with you. I have no idea where the month disappeared to. You have lots of nice color there, and it was great that you were able to have a nice golf day with your sister, who, by the way looks a lot like you. Nice shot. That was also a great morning sky photo. 🙂
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Thanks Judy. The day I went walking down at the Bluffs, I had so many great photos, it was a challenge to decide which ones to use. What a wonderful problem to have 🙂
Sadly, I don’t get to spend a lot of time with my sister. She lives about 2 hours away and spends the winters in Florida. In fact they just left on Friday and I miss her already 😕
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October always goes so fast and then poof, Christmas stuff is all around! Lovely picture of you and your sister!
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Thanks 🙂 I value every minute I get to spend with her. She’s gone now to Florida for the winter. Sigh.
Christmas – bah!
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Those clouds are seriously cool. Love the variety of autumn colours — from yellows to almost bronze-y reds. Hope the season stretches out a bit further for you to enjoy.
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I hope the weather does too, Su … although we had some wet snow flurries early this morning. It didn’t last, but it’s the beginning of what’s to come 😕
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☹️ I just arrived in Sydney to find there is a southerly blowing and it’s waay colder than I expected. I hope we both get some warmer days ahead.
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You really do live in a beautiful place, Joanne!
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Thank you. I think so too … although I’ve travelled enough to know that nature is pretty amazing wherever you go. We just have to look 💕
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October has been grey with lots of rain here on the shores of Lake Huron but oh the colour of the trees! Burnt orange, red, sparking gold – I love fall. Thanks for sharing.
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It has been a particular dreary October for the most part. Usually we don’t get such gray skies until November … but when the sun came out, it has been stunning!!
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Lovely fall colors! How nice that you were able to enjoy a day of autumn golf with your sister.
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It’s been a few years since we’ve had a round of golf together and the day was perfect in every way!
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Glad you’re enjoying the spectacular colors. I noticed a strong family resemblance between you and your sis!
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Yes – we’ve been told that all our lives 🙂 We are however quite different – she’s tall, I’m not. She’s thin, I’m not. She’s fair, I’m dark – yet somehow we still manage to look alike 🙂
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Lovely fall shades, Joanne. You made me smile – searching for golf balls among the leaves.
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It adds a new dimension to golf 🙂 … as if we don’t have enough issues keeping track of where our ball eventually ended up!!
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Only played a bit years ago in Scotland. My trouble was the nearby river estuary!
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Gaaaah! I know what you mean. If there is water on the course, I know I’ll be making sacrifices to the water gods 😕
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I had a hard time telling you apart from your sister. I think she’s the one on the left.
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You would be right 🙂 People say we look alike, but neither of us have ever understood why.
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Has DNA ever come up in your discussion?
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shhhh! I’ve been telling her for years that she was adopted 😉
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You’re a wicked sister. My sister used to tell me I was found on a doorstep.
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I think I like your sister 😉
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Lovely. We’ve had some good colour too, but a lot of trees are getting quite bare now. I can’t believe it’s nearly November either.
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That’s the sad part – the beauty of this stage of autumn is simply too short!
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Lovely color. We have not had much color yet. Very late this year. “They say” because of the bizarre weather there won’t be much although we are seeing some yellow on our maple and red on our dogwoods.
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It’s the end of October and yet many of the trees still have all their leaves. There have been years when we’ve had major winter snow storms and leaves were still on the trees. I hope this year isn’t going to be one of them 😕
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