Fresh new spring leaves of red maple (Acer rubrum).

Photographer: Matt Jones

I found this lovely red leaf tree sprouting a couple of weeks ago at the top of my back garden. No idea what it was at the time as it had been previously severely pollarded (read Hacked to bits). Just had it confirmed that its an Acer Plantanoides Crimson King Norway Maple. It will go from red to dark reddy/purple then copper in autumn.

It needs TLC now but its such a striking colour.

2012-10-27 Lyman Estate orchid sale.

A few incisive Mornings —

A few Ascetic Eves —

Gone — Mr. Bryant's "Golden Rod" —

And Mr. Thomson's "sheaves."

Emily Dickinson, 1859.

Fall walk in the woods

Or perhaps just a red maple. I always get the two confused. Whichever it is, they're very pretty, and I have two of them in my front yard.

My only Maple Town figures, who have both survived from my childhood. Mayor Lion was mine, and Miss Deer belonged to my sister (which accounts for why Mayor Lion's flocking is not as pristine as Miss Deer's, hah). Unfortunately, Miss Deer has lost the little red bow from the front of her dress. I may replace it one of these days. Also, after doing some research on Maple Town figures, I've learned that Mayor Lion came with glasses and a cane, and Miss Deer had a pointer. I don't recall ever seeing those as a kid, so I imagine my mom took them away before giving the toys to us to prevent any swallowing. :^P

Since these two are longtime toy collection institutions, they both have kept their original names. :^) (Although I didn't like the fact that Mayor Lion's stock first name is "Dandy", and Miss Deer never had a first name to my knowledge, so after a bit of discussion with my sister, we've given these two fresh new first names!)

MAYOR LION: Llewellyn

MISS DEER: Barbara

Straight out of the camera. This maple leaf pretty much spoke for itself. It's not so pretty, nor so intact, any more. The Second Law of Thermodynamics always wins . . .

Straight out of the camera. Isn't God a great artist? Thanks for looking.

Kawagoe, Japan

Viaje a Canada. Del 16 al 23 de septiembre.

Visitamos: Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec y Montreal.

Merece la pena!!!!!!!!!

2009,

I don't know who is the author of the diagram to this maple leaf. I made it years ago following this video on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGROYzoKOfs.

the wind in the trees, the smell of wet leaves, the rumble of a passing truck....

Maples seeds backlit, October.

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Maple Leaf Stadium 1960s Bathurst and Lakeshore/Fleet

(Acer sp)

Lost Maples State Park

Vanderpool, Texas

Both ears up now.

This maple leaf is very big, bigger than our faces..

Took this photo during my outing this evening. I brought this maple home as a gift to my husband for taking care of my children ;) Thank you, dear :)

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Lost Maples State Natural Area, Texas

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Such beautiful orange.

As we move towards the middle of October, the trees are giving us a last show.

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Nanyo Eboshiyama Park, Yamagata

山形県南陽市 烏帽子山公園

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sweet delicate tree blowing in the wind.

This tree caught my eye as I was sitting in my parents' living room this past weekend. That room has vaulted ceilings and there are two windows at the front of the house high up in the rafters. Through the window I saw one lone branch of this tree waving back and forth, bright red and sharp against the sky.

Before I left town I took a picture of it, because it looked so pretty in the sunset light.

Singing karaoke at the Maple

LAUZON Hardwood Flooring

So, I have to admit, I was WAY more excited about seeing the inside of Maple Leaf Gardens (which, somewhat disappointingly, has not been altered at all since it closed) than I was about seeing this piece. My expectations were met - the piece was interesting (see the description below), but it could easily have been set up in any building in town and gotten the same (if not better and more intimate) result.

Without Persons, 2008

Luis Jacob - Toronto, Canada

Multimedia Installation

"Without Persons" is a multi-media installation centered around two computer-generated male and female voices speaking about being-in-the-city and being-with-others. Accompanying the audio are two video screens which will abstractly and resonantly illustrate the spoken text. The artificial voices speak in an earnest manner about being with others in society -- voices that seem to belong to the concerned but disembodied surrogate-parents of an uncannily absent child.

As audience members, it is within us that is produced the primal scene of conception and birth, the emergence of our budding consciousness, and our entry into a well-managed existence. The eagerness to communicate expressed by these caring, parental voices contrasts poignantly with the inhuman aura of artificial speech.

@New Hampshire