The poignant end of autumn's beauty
lingers in the roadside palette. Rain soaked leaves vibrate with
their remaining colour, 
creating splashes of colour on the dark
surface of the road, leaving a 'Jackson Pollack' style painting on
the road's dark canvas. 
creating splashes of colour on the dark
surface of the road, leaving a 'Jackson Pollack' style painting on
the road's dark canvas.
Brown, the quntessential colour of age
and decay dominates now. Leaves, once colourful, have shrivelled
and fluttered in despair to the ground. 
They lie sadly in puddles or
ruffled to the side of the road where with other aged leaves,
together they rim the road with a strip of multi-hued brown.
They lie sadly in puddles or
ruffled to the side of the road where with other aged leaves,
together they rim the road with a strip of multi-hued brown.
Red, the colour associated with this
season, no longer brightens the trees. Faded red leaves can be found
on the road verge, adding a dull tone to the predominant browns. 
Occasionally a bright sparkle catches our eye, 
and leads to a smile
on our lips as we remember the array of colours on the trees just
days earlier.
and leads to a smile
on our lips as we remember the array of colours on the trees just
days earlier.
Yellow lingers the longest.
It creates
a visual display of tints and shades ranging from the saturated
chrome yellow to the palest straw yellow. 
It reminds us of the fading
warm sun of summer and that during autumn fades gently into the
bright chill of winter. 
This year we have enjoyed a
determinedly pedestrian autumn. 
It is November, the weather remains
pleasant, and swatches of colour remain on some trees and bushes.
It is November, the weather remains
pleasant, and swatches of colour remain on some trees and bushes.
In maritime Canada, have enjoyed this year's long autumn..
