The Autumn Leaves

Tues. 18 October:  The Autumn Leaves

A Cathedral of Colour
(notice the Rideau Trail sign)

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Here are a few snapshots I took today along the Rideau Trail, using my cheap point-and-shoot camera.

I was on a maintenance trip along McLaren Lake Road, south of Perth.  The wind was doing its best to blow all the leaves off the trees in a single day.  As a result, the road and the trail were both now thickly covered by a multi-coloured carpet.

It was a great day to be outside, even if I was busy removing fallen trees from the trail.  It was over twenty degrees C in the strong wind.  No doubt the temperatures will soon fall as rapidly as the leaves.

While you're looking at these pictures, enjoy this magnificent musical interpretation by Roger Williams of the falling leaves:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwFjbyAFm4

Heading out to McLaren Lake Road

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This photo and the two which follow were taken on the Rideau Trail
where it follows McLaren Lake Road into the woodland

Near the footbridge north of the hunters camp

An instant coloured carpet