{"id":9220,"date":"2020-10-06T14:20:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T14:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siteandinsight.com\/?p=9220"},"modified":"2020-10-06T14:20:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T14:20:56","slug":"autumn-colour-brings-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenvillaartgarden.com\/fr\/autumn-colour-brings-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Colour Brings Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The autumn colours seem particularly intense this year at Glen Villa, my garden in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. Leaves started to turn earlier than usual and the height of the season has almost come and gone. But what a season it has been!<\/p>\n

It started early, when a small horse chestnut tree (Aesculus pavia<\/em>) began to turn.<\/p>\n

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This photo was taken in mid-September<\/p><\/div>\n

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It continued as the sourgum trees (Nyssa sylvatica)\u00a0<\/em>nearby began to change colour. First one tree caught fire …<\/p>\n

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You can’t see the tree itself, only this one branch silhouetted against the sycamore behind. Isn’t the contrast gorgeous?<\/p><\/div>\n

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… then another.<\/p>\n

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The colour of this sourgum is quite different from the one next to it. This one is a fruit salad of peaches and apricots, the other one a fireplace of red-hot pokers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Everywhere colour lights up the shade. On the\u00a0driveway down to the lake…<\/p>\n

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A\u00a0photo only hints at the intensity of colour this year.<\/p><\/div>\n

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…\u00a0 near\u00a0the house, where the stephanandra (Stephanandra incisa crispa)\u00a0<\/em>tumbles alongside\u00a0the steps …<\/p>\n

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… in the Lower Garden where a magnolia is sun-shining its heart out …<\/p>\n

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The sculpture in the foreground is by Louise Doucet and Satoshi Saito.<\/p><\/div>\n

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… and beside\u00a0a stone wall, where the leaves of a fothergilla outdo the\u00a0colours of\u00a0a\u00a0motley fool.<\/p>\n

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The colours at the Skating Pond are past their peak but are still worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n

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The water is calm on a grey day.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Along Timelines, the trail that explores ideas about history, memory and our relationship to the world around us, Abenaki Walkers at The Clearing of the Land move proudly into the woods.<\/p>\n

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I particularly like how the mottled white walkers blend with the white tree trunk behind them.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The corrugated tin columns that form part of The Past Looms Large stride across\u00a0a misty autumnal field.<\/p>\n

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A green path adds punch to the russet leaves in the foreground.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The temple fa\u00e7ade stands out against a background of orange, red, yellow and green.<\/p>\n

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Is the temple fa\u00e7ade under construction or is it falling down?<\/p><\/div>\n

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And everywhere, fallen leaves are scuff-able, offering carefree moments that bring out the child in me.<\/p>\n

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Autumn can be a sad season but on a clear day when the sky is blue and the air crisp, I don’t feel sad, I feel energized.\u00a0 What does autumn bring to your part of the world? How does it make you feel?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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