walk in the park
Another glorious fall day today! A walk in the park was absolutely essential. It was amazing how many leaves were covering the paths and they were delightfully dry and rustling underfoot. So often they are soggy and slippery by this time here on the wet coast. I felt like a school child kicking up leaves and remembering Winnipeg autumns.
Still feeling small as a child, looking up, up through the leaf canopies of the giant maples...
Native vine maples shot with red and yellow, contrasting with the dark green cedars and hemlocks, reminding me of long ago boxes of colourful wax crayons.
UPDATE October 30th: This is my submission for the next Festival of the Trees blog carnival. If you'd like to join the fun, do it right now!
Marja-Leena | 26/10/2008 | 5 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Photography
Uh oh ... I can practically smell those leaves that have been on the ground, and hear them crunch under foot! It was a gorgeous fall day here too, though with fewer leaves changed color, and the green, not so dark as up there to play contrast.
So glad to know we were both out walking on such a fine weekend! (This is the zoom-out version, I see -- I really like your enlarged leaves too!)
Maria, do you really have much of a fall in your area of California? I suppose the deciduous trees still drop their leaves when the days shorten. What about all the grape vines?
Beth, I was just looking at your gorgeous video while your comment came in. Yes, I seem to be rather leaf and autumn light focused these days, just loving our fall this year!
Real maples in the land of the maple! I always feel a bit of a fraud when referring to the paltry things in our local parks as maples.
Joe, yes, our maple leaf flag. There are so many different maples in Canada and the world. Our rainforest climate along the coast means our trees are very big, which I love. The Big-leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) and the small vine maples are natives here. What we don't have are the sugar maples that are so common in eastern Canada and US, and which are so famous for their glorious fall colours. You may be interested in this site for more about BC's trees. Then again, this might be more information than you want :-)