Serendipitous Autumn Splendor

On Monday, I was quite surprised to see the tamaracks (aka larch) turning colour at the park. I knew that they would, of course, but they the change had hardly begun when we had walked that way in what seemed like only a few days prior. When most of the deciduous colour is over, it is such a treat to see the coniferous tamaracks blazing away. In my experience, which doesn't make it so, they are the only coniferous trees to change colour and lose their leaves, which are needles in their case.

That day was overcast, but of course I still took photos. However, the light was pretty nice on the next day, yesterday, so I will show a few of those images.

This ↓ is the first tamarack that we see as we enter the park, with another less vibrant one behind the shrubs to the right.

Just past that first tree, they have added a new bench between two other trees. Beyond the bench, we see another tree on the other side of the pond. It is also happily reflecting in the pond.

Then, there is this tree, which, if memory serves, is the same tree as the one on the right in the previous photo but from its other side. I liked including the two trees in the distance, one on either side. Actually, there are three trees with two on the left, but the second one over there has not changed colour as much.

Finally, for today, I have a picture of the tree in the background right, above, with the pair of mallards swimming into the reflection.

I have a few more in the folder, but they are a little different, so I shall save them for another day.