The Foliage and the Weekend Were Perfect

I don't think I can remember a Thanksgiving weekend that was as beautiful as this one was. The weather was unbelievably mild (someone actually went in the water on Saturday). And the colour totally reached its peak on Saturday.

When we went for the tin boat ride, I didn't have my camera. So we went out again this afternoon and I took quite a few pics. Even with boat motion, they are not too blurry and I think capture the colours. I love the juxtaposition of the colours to one another, the leaves to the evergreens, and the contrast of the foliage against the trees that are nearly gone and how the birches stand out in the colour.

I hope you enjoy these. There are 35 here and I just decided to share them all. No editing.

It really is like living in a Group of Seven painting at this time of year.

Fall Foliage Update

Well, in my humble opinion, we are not yet at the peak of colour. At least not in some areas. It's odd that one travelway will have great colour and another seems to be weeks behind.

There are some patches of good colour like this, which is along Salmon Lake Road.

And then, just a little further down the same road it looks like this (excuse the car in the shot).

I'm not good at math, but I still don't think the leaves are at 50% colour yet. I am shocked at how much green there still is. Some trees haven't started to turn at all. The birches went first, with their yellow hues.

Here are a couple of pictures of the bay - again, one side further ahead than the other.

The one thing that is pretty consistent from what we've seen is that the pines are dropping needles like crazy this year. We can hardly see our stone path now.

So I am guessing that we either aren't getting the glorious colours this year, or they are still a bit away.

Here's a sumach shot I took a few days ago, and again you can see a lot of green in there with the luscious red. But I will keep checking and posting.

Today is a magnificent day here with bright sunshine and very "fall-ish" light. But a wonderful change from the steady downpour yesterday. And the first semi-dark morning. Yuck.

Falling into Fall

The colour show has begun.

In some parts, it is more spectacular than others, and I bet they will peak just in time for Thanksgiving. (Time for me to get a new camera, so I don't have to keep using my phone.)
The drive in from Oastler Park is becoming quite colourful. Here is our cottage name tree with its orange crown.

Since it was such a glorious weekend, we did two day trips - Saturday to Huntsville along the Aspdin Road (which was spectacular) and Sunday to Killbear. Just that little bit further north, the leaves were quite a bit behind. Someone said that the trees on the Bay are the last to turn and I saw proof of that this weekend.

 

And proof of lower water levels as well, as you will see from these pictures.  

The black line is the usual water level.

These rocks have always been under water before.