Man how I love these trees!

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Have a happy fall day!

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Have the leaves changed colour yet...? Someone asked... The answer is yes... But just the odd one...and here is one odd one!

The general impression around here...is still green!

A nice display of leaves from a maple bush in the garden. It's amazing the number of different colours one bush can produce.

353/365 Red Maple tree in the back yard is turning red. Such a beautiful shade of red with the sun shining through.

Flowering maples are a group of tender perennials with colorful, bell-shaped flowers.

Pisgah National Forest near Craggy Gardens, North Carolina along FS63, also known as Stony Fork Road and/or Craggy Gardens Road.

My precious samara seedlings, how you've grown so fair,

From tiny buds upon my boughs to fluttering in the air.

As you drift away from me, my heart is filled with sorrow,

But know that I will love you still, today and every morrow.

I've watched you bask in sunlight and dance in gentle breeze,

I've seen you sprout your tender wings and flutter with such ease.

Now as you journey far and wide, my love will follow too,

For you are part of me, my dears, forever and anew.

Through seasons bright and seasons dim, I've been your steadfast guide,

Nurturing and protecting you, in my shade you'd hide.

But now it's time to set you free, to find your own true place,

Spread your wings and soar up high, with courage and with grace.

So fly my darling seedlings, with the wind beneath your wings,

And know that as you journey on, my love for you still sings.

Though we may be apart, my heart will never stray,

For you're forever cherished, in my thoughts every day.

So go and explore the world, my precious samara seeds,

Grow strong and tall, and never forget the love that feeds.

And when you feel a longing, for the home you left behind,

Know that I am here for you, in spirit and in kind.

So fly away, my darlings, with blessings from above,

Know that you are loved, always, by a mother's endless love.

— Poem courtesy of Editpad Poem Generator.

Todd Village Apartments, Tualatin, Oregon

See also: SAM_4137 Samaras in Love

@ Forest Glade Garden, Macedon

Clearing out the archives.

Taken at Swansea Botanical Complex, Wales, UK. No graphics please.

Autumn hasn't arrived yet. This is a maple in the Japanese garden in Ireland.

Flatlay still life with 'helicopter' seeds from Norway maple tree.

Aaahhhh, Spring.

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From Anton Court, a street in the neighborhood.

We used to live in this house in Connecticut. It was a funky little place, built on a 1750s vintage stone foundation on 4 acres of land, half landscaped, half wood lot; and every Fall we were treated to the almost overwhelming colors of this magnificent maple tree. My wife had an aunt, who would occasionally visit us from New York City, and she once commented that the tree was almost too beautiful to behold, even painfully so without a martini in hand. Forty years ago, we fled the inhospitable New England Climate for sunny California and have never experienced even one iota of regret. But, when I look at this tree, I realize that there are a few weeks out of each year when California can’t hold a candle to New England.

ODT: "Burst of color."

A neighbour's shrub collects falling maple leaves as autumn arrives in Toronto. The colours bring first thoughts of Christmas, don't they?

IN MY GARDEN

Non traditional perspective of the famous japanese maple in the Portland Japanese Garden.

Maple syrup containers through the years at the New England Maple Museum in Pittsford, Vermont.

Taken in Fushoushan, Taichung

Mazatzal Mountains, Arizona

MC Maple DJ Isto TCI

" Promtin Hip-Hop since 1993"

(Best Viewed Large)

A brilliantly red chinese maple along 15th Street.

Every year this beautiful tree turns into an amazing red.. not quite complete yet another week to go..

Olympus OMD E-M10 + Pentakta 30 f/2.8

I liked the contrast and light on the leaf

Japanese Maple Abstract

The twisted branches of a Japanese Maple in autumn at Portland's Japanese Garden

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young leaves of japanese maple set against bluebells.

A group of dark maple leaves among the normal red and yellow leaves.

Colours have been actively sneaking in here. Many Maples have been suffered from the black-spot disease for many years, particularly for those grown trees. Walking in the magic hour, I was amazed by these beautiful leaves.

Late autumn - time for the leaf to fall down.