Red maple leaves, white snow flakes
Driving back to Ottawa along Highway 7 on Sunday evening, I couldn't escape the bitter truth. Summer is coming to an end. Just one week after that last long weekend of the season, and already the leaves are beginning to turn. That's one great thing about living here: though some of them may be a little too short for our liking, we do get to experience all four seasons in the Ottawa Valley.
Unfortunately, Mother Nature seems to be a little confused in other parts of the country. Bypassing the enchantment of Autumn altogether, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, experienced an 18-inch snowfall Sunday and Monday. I guess she needed to shore up all those misconceptions that we're a snowbound, huskie-driving nation of lumberjacks, eh?
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Hardly feels like summer is over here, with the thermometer reaching 32C today. Yet, there is a maple at the end of the street that is mostly red (must be caused by the smog).
Posted by: Dad at September 13, 2005 12:49 PM