Day 289 - Autumn underfoot

Is it possible that the best of autumn has already come and gone in New Brunswick. We had a fantastic weekend a week ago with sunshine and warm temperatures, followed by a series of cold nights: the perfect weather to bring out the colours in the trees.

Then we enjoyed two days of amazing foliage, with some of the most beautiful fall colours I've ever seen. Too bad the rain came, with high winds to boot. That brought most of the leaves down. Now, we have a carpet of colour wherever we go, but rapidly fading colour at that.

This photograph comes from our walk today in the UNB woodlot, where the trees are half bare and the paths are covered with leaves. It's still quite nice, with the leaves crunching underfoot, but it's too bad the colour has come and gone so quickly.