Maple Leaves

Golden Birch Trees

I took these a couple of days ago, before Hurricane Sandy came to call...

 

Autumn Colours

It's that time of year

 when you look up

 to see the leaves on the trees,

 and down to see the leaves on the ground.

 

Autumn Colour

Serviceberry Trees in Autumn

Ottawa is using more native species of trees in the parks,

 because they are better suited to the climate than a lot of imports.

 This is a serviceberry, although I have never seen any berries on them.

 

Autumn Leaves

The leaves are beginning to change colours,

 and to fall.

 But the days are sunny, and warm, in the afternoons.

 

Esker Road

We took a side trip along part of Esker Road, just to see what it was like, and found this charming view.

I wonder what it will look like in December, the next time we are going this way...

Skywatch Friday

Friday morning, we had bright sunshine, 

 and a few clouds.

 A perfect background for the autumn colours

surrounding us.

Silver Lake

Skywatch Friday

The trees are starting to turn, and the early morning light creates such wonderful shadows!

Watery Wednesday

At the dog park, there are a couple of places where I can see across this small pond

to the birch tree on the other side. Often, there are ducks, geese, and herons in the water.

But none today.

Rideau River

I went to Mooney's Bay again, and took some photos of the trees across the river.

With different trees (and cattails) in the foreground.

Autumn Colour

Have you ever seen a spruce tree change colour in the fall? This one has Virginia creeper all through it, so it makes for an interesting display.

Maple lit by the early morning sun.

Every branch on this sumac was a different colour! it was so hard choosing which photo to show you!

I have no idea what sort of a tree this is, but there are a lot of them around. I especially liked the golden leaves which caught the sun, against the darker storm clouds.