The bright reds, oranges and yellows are fading, now. We've had quite the wind storms this week, which are nature's way of separating the leaves from the trees so that the snow doesn't break the branches onto our power lines and make Tom grumpy. Only somewhat effective, I must say.
By way of hanging on to the awesome colors just a little longer, I'm just going to post some pics I took of our patio last month.
Since we moved here, I've been planting some fall color both near the house and a little farther away so as to get some of our own fall festival each year. I know--most of the trees are still quite little, but they're showing great future potential if the deer don't eat them. The patio is coming along nicely with the American Tulip tree (already here when we arrived) as the sunshine-yellow centerpiece. The Japanese maples (I can't ever have enough of them), turn different colors, depending on the variety. We have a bit of each--red, orange and golden yellow. The Japanese barberry is the flaming shrub in the corner of the patio. I didn't care for it and almost pulled it when we moved in, but it shows an amazing range of color from spring to fall. So, in spite of the stickers, I let it stay.
One of the things I love about the color up here is how it all shows against the dark green of the pines, firs and cedars. The shock of it!
Anyway, the photos:
