Maple in the cemetery
That seems to be the theme with this year’s fall colors, which have been slow to develop. Though I miss the brilliant reds we usually get, the golden, cheddar, bright, and light yellows are lovely, too.
Dawn redwood
These two images above are from a walk through the Fredericksburg National Cemetery (Union) with Ann, Shelley and Tena the day after the election. Here’s a yellow maple that was carpeting the sidewalk below the college.
Maple below the college
On today’s morning walk I saw lovely yellowy apricot maples.
Maple
Closer to home, the always reliable bottlebrush buckeye.
The fothergilla has gotten quite big.
And somewhere is a picture of the Solomon’s Seal that, like the hostas, turned yellow as it ripens and fades away.
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