20161017 Wet Leaves

Some recent rain showers enhanced the vividness of the colors in the fall leaves.  Here are some examples:

Decorated Rock on Hartley Bay Road:

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Hartley Bay Road creek:

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Shebeshekong Road:

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Shebeshekong Road:

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Lone Spruce Tree from Skerryvore Community Road followed by 5 more photos from the same road.

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Looking east from the CPR crossing of Shebeshekong Road, near the south end of Shawanaga First Nations Reserve:

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Old Highway 69 at Site 9 of current Hwy 69.

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A few photos of nice trees on Riverside Road, Britt:

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Nice outcrop across Hwy 69 from Brtthome.

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Although the development of the abscissa layer in these colourful leaves has stopped the replenishment of green chlorophyll it is not sufficiently developed to cause the leaves to drop.  That will happen over the next few weeks as these deciduous trees continue their processes towards dormancy.

2 thoughts on “20161017 Wet Leaves

  1. Tom, what a beautiful display of this intense, colourful majesty of Autumn leaves and against the Autumn skies – WOW. THANK YOU xoxo

  2. Thanks Krys!
    This year it seems that the leaves are hanging on a bit tighter than normal.
    t

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