Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Miss maple



This is something that makes me smile every morning. I spend a lot of time in my kitchen and I have this view out my kitchen door, --a lovely Canadian Maple in full "fall bloom. " It isn't a very common tree in France. There's another maple tree more indigenous to Europe that's just a typical Fall brown. Autumn in France is definitely more brown than red.

I just wish I could get closer to it to get some good pictures. It's in a distant neighbor's yard.

Anyone else taking way too many Fall pictures? I took nearly a hundred pictures yesterday on an hour long hike with the kids.

1 comment:

Jennifer said...

I took a ton back in October, when it was warm and sunny and all the trees were turning yellow here. The foliage isn't as pretty in Italy as I remember it being in the northeastern US but every so often you come across a gorgeous tree, like your Maple.

Now it's pretty much over here. What I love about November in Italy though are the persimmons! All those persimmon trees without any leaves, just the big, ripe, orange fruits clinging on until December.