The maple tree overhanging the driveway is almost finished changing colour. Soon it will shed its colourful dress and stand there shivering in bare limbs. The tiny dogwood in the foreground is also getting ready to drop its leaves. One last show of colour and it too will be done.
Here is the maple closer up. A few leaves still have a bit of green but most have turned a golden yellow or orange.
The laceleaf Japanese maple is one of the first to turn reddish-orange. It is normally green, unlike some Japanese maples that are a purple colour for all of its growing season.
This black walnut is an ornamental tree (meaning that the walnuts are not meant to be eaten, like the regular walnuts we know). But the squirrels like them.
These walnuts have a thick green outer shell that peels away, revealing what looks like a regular walnut. The shell, however, is so thick that it takes a sledge hammer to crack it. And yet, that is exactly what I do for the squirrels. They don’t seem to mind the bitter taste of the meaty inside parts.
The video below shows this ornamental black walnut tree losing its leaves to the cool breezes that gust up now and then. The main whoosh of leaves is well into the video, so if you can spare 30 seconds of your life to watch, you’ll see this tree giving it up for another season.
October 23, 2021 at 2:32 am
Gorgeous photos of your trees in their last glory before their winter nap. I enjoyed the little video. Cheers, Lynette
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October 23, 2021 at 8:45 am
Thanks, Lynette. Those leaves were all gone the next day.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:39 am
Oh, what beautiful fall colors and the squirrels will surely be grateful to you for helping them crack the nuts.
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October 23, 2021 at 8:48 am
They just sit back and wait until the work is done and then they rush out to show their appreciation.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:47 am
A unique color alloy. Spring, maple trees, walnuts and squirrels.
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October 23, 2021 at 9:45 am
When it isn’t too windy and rainy, it’s quite a nice combination. Thanks.
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October 23, 2021 at 10:40 pm
😊
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October 23, 2021 at 4:30 am
Gorgeous photos, Anneli. We are still waiting for some color. Our temperatures have been unseasonably warm and it’s been very dry. I’m afraid the trees will lose their leaves before they have a chance to show any color. Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos!
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October 23, 2021 at 8:50 am
But how nice for you to have warm temperatures this late into the year. Enjoy!
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October 23, 2021 at 5:15 am
The black walnut is a beautiful tree. All the trees are putting on a nice show, too bad it’s ending soon.
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October 23, 2021 at 8:51 am
Yes, the leaves are coming off really quickly now. A lot of the big maples are bare already, and the rest will be done in the next few days in the stormy weather we’re having right now.
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October 23, 2021 at 7:13 am
So beautiful!!
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October 23, 2021 at 8:52 am
Thanks, Jennie. A very short display of autumn colours and it will all disappear within a few days now.
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October 23, 2021 at 7:08 pm
Same here. Sigh!
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October 23, 2021 at 7:53 am
Your trees are beautiful, the video is so peaceful! Your home is beautiful, Anneli!
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October 23, 2021 at 8:55 am
We do have a lot of trees on our property, but they can get messy this time of year. Still, the birds love it here better than trying to live on plain grass. They have shelter, nesting areas, and food in some cases. Trees and shrubs are a good thing to have if you like birds.
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October 23, 2021 at 8:38 am
Gorgeous autumn colours, Anneli. We’ll be visiting the Lost Maples State Natural Area next week, but very likely the leaves there won’t be that colourful yet. It hasn’t been cold enought hereabouts. Lets hope there will be a little colour at least. But we will be going back later, hoping to see real fall colours the.
Have a great weekend,
Pit
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October 23, 2021 at 8:56 am
You have quite a different climate so your timing will be different for the leaf show, but it sounds like you have it all figured out. Enjoy your weekend.
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October 23, 2021 at 9:19 am
Well, in our climate so far south and so dry, the trees not always get it cold enough [a light freeze ist needed, as far as I know] to turn into those magificent colours. And since it’s quite often very dry, they might just turn yellow, then brown, and fall. We’ll have to see.
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October 23, 2021 at 9:22 am
Maybe you’ll let us know in one of your photo posts.
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October 24, 2021 at 7:33 pm
I certainly will, Anneli!
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October 23, 2021 at 10:40 am
Gorgeous photos, Anneli and the video is a great example of letting go.
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October 23, 2021 at 11:27 am
I like the way you expressed that, Carol. “Letting go” is what it’s all about this time of year.
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October 23, 2021 at 12:21 pm
What a lovely place you live in, Anneli!
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October 23, 2021 at 12:51 pm
Tnx, Jacqui. Lots of trees.
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October 23, 2021 at 4:11 pm
Lovely autumn colours! Perhaps the squirrels 🐿 are so sweet, they don’t notice the bitterness!
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October 23, 2021 at 7:04 pm
That must be it!
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October 23, 2021 at 8:00 pm
Oh Anneli! Such beautiful photos of the trees and their leaves, and the video was so peaceful.
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October 23, 2021 at 8:21 pm
It was pretty for a while, but most of those leaves are gone or going very soon. A change of season is here.
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October 24, 2021 at 10:58 pm
I just got up and watched the video, so peaceful and quiet. It looks similar here colourwise, Your yard looks more like a park, such a beautiful place you have!
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October 25, 2021 at 9:14 am
That tree and the maple that was so full of golden leaves are all bare now.
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October 25, 2021 at 2:22 am
Beautiful!
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October 25, 2021 at 9:13 am
Thanks, DK.
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October 25, 2021 at 6:20 am
Wonderfull trees and all like as a fantastic movie.
Congratulations
Have a good day
Natalia
Nice to know you
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October 25, 2021 at 9:16 am
Hi Natalia. Thanks so much for your visit. Happy to “meet” you. Have a good week.
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October 25, 2021 at 9:23 am
Thank you very much
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October 25, 2021 at 6:28 am
Very nice. Our trees just sort of turned brown for the most part but I’ve noticed here at the end there are a few pretty ones.
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October 25, 2021 at 9:17 am
It’s a pretty time of year but the colour doesn’t seem to last very long. Have a great week, Lisa.
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October 26, 2021 at 10:53 am
You too
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October 26, 2021 at 3:22 am
why would anybody NOT spare those precious 30″ of their life for such a beautiful display…. it sure sounds like a a river flowing through your property too – is that so or is it all ‘only’ the wind?
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October 26, 2021 at 9:31 am
What you hear on the video is the wind on the camera microphone, but it is also raining and there is the sound of water dripping from the hazelnut trees I’m standing near. Thanks for taking the time, Kiki. Have a great rest of the week.
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October 27, 2021 at 6:58 pm
Beautiful and colorful autumn leaves..ours getting blown away soon
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October 27, 2021 at 8:14 pm
Ours are gone from the maples and the black walnut. Most of the other trees will follow within the next days. Then it will be bare branches until April.
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October 30, 2021 at 3:33 am
Autumn is nature’s graduation ceremony. All those colours, fruits and nuts…and then the long sleep. November is often grey and rainy here (okay, not as rainy as Vancouver Island!) and it’s definitely got the air already, although there are still some green leaves on the trees.
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October 30, 2021 at 8:58 am
Sounds very much like our climate here.
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October 30, 2021 at 1:28 pm
I enjoyed your inspiring photos of some brilliant autumn colors. I can still remember the giant maple which shaded my grandparents’ backyard. In central Ohio, I frequently see black walnut trees.
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October 30, 2021 at 3:05 pm
To be honest, I didn’t realize it was a black walnut (ornamental) when I planted it. Had to go buy another kind of walnut tree afterwards for eating. But the black walnut is a pretty tree all year until the leaves are gone so I’ve learned to like it.
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November 1, 2021 at 11:06 am
What soothing autumn colours! And your video of the yellow leaves falling was very relaxing to watch.
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November 1, 2021 at 12:46 pm
Thank you, Jo.
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