Red Maple - Acer rubrum and Green Maple - Acer saccharum trees in Putnam County Carmel,NY.

...goes extremely well with butternut squash, made into a soup. As I found out at a rather nice restaurant in Springdale...

Another image from Zion NP.

Maple leaves in fall. Orem, Utah.

Forrest nort-east of Dębica. September morning.

Maple leaf found at Tiffany Falls Hamilton

Koyasan, Japan

finally, the rains stopped enough on a weekday for me to catch the most popular tree in town!

5 exp hdr @ 1 ev @ f/8

Fall color in Tokyo with the changing leaves of the Japanese maple trees.

Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan

Maple Leaf in the fall, Toronto, Canada

O Canada!

Terre de nos aïeux,

Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux.

Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,

Il sait porter la croix.

Ton histoire est une épopée,

Des plus brillants exploits.

Chorus:

Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,

Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

French translation:

O Canada! Land of our forefathers

Thy brow is wreathed with a glorious garland of flowers.

As thy arm is ready to wield the sword,

So also is it ready to carry the cross.

Thy history is an epic

Of the most brilliant exploits.

Chorus:

And thy valour, steeped in faith

Will protect our homes and our rights

Will protect our homes and our rights.

www.singforcanada.ca/o_canada.mp3

I think the French version is more beautiful than the English version, but what the heck, I wanted The Maple Leaf Forever to be the National Anthem

For those who want to hear the maple leaf forever, here's a pretty good pipe rendition although the middle bit is some other tune.

www.andrewcusack.com/mapleleafforever.mp3

big-leaf maple

October, 2014

A macro shot of our Japanese Maple. It is beautiful this time of year.

Some of us call it autumn

and others call it God.

_________

(William Caruthers)

Near Spruce Knob West Virginia, The West Virginia State Tree, The Sugar Maple.

October 3, 2012

Lost Maples State Natural Area, Vanderpool, Texas

Maple Lodge NR

Pretty much sooc (except for basic raw edits) -- I just loved the soft light on these leaves. You'd have no idea this was the middle of the day.

The Bates College quad, late October 2004.

A japanese maple has retained most of it's beautiful orange fall leaves due to planting in a walled garden

Looking up to the sky through the Lost Maples

The Norway Maple standing proud above Gunnel Lane Meadow in Empingham, Rutland during our recent snowfall.

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A maple along the driveway.

On the way home from a shopping trip I picked up this maple leaf. It's a symbol of our country and a reminder that our Thanksgiving Day (October 8) is almost upon us, and a good time to reflect on the blessings we Canadians have. It's a time too, to count our personal blessings: good health, good friends, modest wealth, and a future which looks promising. Winter may be on its way, but this colourful leaf somehow brightens our time before the snow flies.

View On Black

Tree taken at the wonderful Benmore Gardens, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, October 2009. See www.rbge.org.uk/the-gardens/benmore

Adjacent to Heron Lake

VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver, BC Canada

Photo taken: May 8, 2013

Photo credit: Nancy Wong

Former Maple Shade A&P building in 2009 as Bally's Gym. A Lowe's was built over the former Nichols Discount City on the right.