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Autumn Colors

9 years ago

For the Canadians interested,the Hal.Highlands leaves are now starting to turn.

The soft maple,with their brilliant reds & burgundy colors are slowly coming about.

The poplar,which is usually a brilliant yellow have mostly lost their leaves with the last rain/wind.

Birch and beech are now turning the yellow as well,and the hard maple,which turns orange,has started.

Oak,which is always that brown you see thru the yellow and oranges,turned about a month ago,and have stayed brown.

The oak is the first to have leaves,and the last to lose them.

So,with that said,if you are up to a trip "north",the next week or 2 should give you the show that you are desiring.

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Jasdip

9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

We were in Barrie yesterday and I don't drive the 401 to 400 if I can avoid it. So though Alliston, Cookstown, etc. No colours. A number were very pale brown and had fallen. Alliston etc has perfect hills to see the colours and there were none. Nothing in Barrie either. Oh well, it will come, just late this year.

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Summer
9 years ago
Thanks, ont_gal. That is good to know. I am feeling color deprived!
Rita / Bring Back Sophie 4 Real
9 years ago
I love living in Northern California- but I sure do miss having four glorious seasons. Enjoy the beautiful show.
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Anglophilia
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Interesting that the order if very different than it was in Maine in the Mt Washington Valley. There, the brilliant reds were first, then the oranges, and the last were the brilliant yellows. I think I might have loved them the best as they were always against a slate gray winter sky and SO welcome with everything being browns and grays. Right now, it prime "Leaf Peeper" season, it would be the various shades of oranges.
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ont_gal
Original Author
9 years ago
yes,very late this year Jas....but some have to realize,where I am,we still had a couple feet of snow in May...so,in reality,the leaves ares't really "late"......most,if not all of the maples(near me,this is) are still pretty green....just so odd.
Jasdip
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Yes, I posted a pic of our street the other day, and everything is green, green green. Usually the maples are brilliant, but not yet.

We'll be raking with snow on the ground, probably :-)
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