Sunday, October 16, 2022

Autumn Drought = Autumn Color!

 

Autumn Road - photograph - © Bruce A. Morrison
 

I really believe we are seeing the best autumn colors this fall than I've seen since we moved here 20 years ago...its been just beautiful!  We just weren't expecting it...3rd drought year in a row...listed in the "Extreme" category now, with the worst (5 out of 5) "Exceptional" creeping even closer.

According to a state arborist, we are getting great color due to the warm/mild weather preceding our first hard frost.  We haven't had any rain since then so the wind has been the only thing dropping leaves now...and its been monotonously windy since the colors came on!

 

Hale Slough - photograph - © Bruce A. Morrison
 

I'll leave you with some nice Fall color in NW Iowa near and not so far from our acreage.  (Click on each image for a larger view).

 

Receding Pool  and Cottonwoods - photograph - © Bruce A. Morrison 

Garlock Slough - photograph - © Bruce A. Morrison

Arching Autumn Colors - photograph - © Bruce A. Morrison

Autumn in the Waterman Valley - photograph - © Bruce A. Morrison


Happy Fall out there!   Be good to one another...

 

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