The full palette of golden yellows and hot oranges that makes for an autumnal scene has arrived late this year as we can see in this series of photographs from Sunday, 14th November.
As my sister and I walked around Christchurch Park in Ipswich we noticed the varied selection of deciduous trees were at different stages of their end of season show.
Some trees had already lost all their leaves,
some were at the height of their high autumn colour
and some trees still had leaves of green.
All things considered it has been a reasonable, if not a vintage year for colour here in East Anglia.
We are now in mid-November and in this sheltered park not that far from the town centre there’s only been two or three frosts. And, as the experts suggest, it is frosts and cool nights that are two contributing ingredients for good leaf colour.
Needless to say, in an urban park like Christchurch Park, there’s a diverse range of specimen and non-native trees, but as we wandered away from the more formal area of Ipswich’s War Memorial, the planting became more natural, with a wilder feel. You could even believe you were in the heart of the Suffolk countryside and not sandwiched between the town centre and the busy ring road.
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Agnes Ashe 
Yes, autumn continues. This has been a glorious week for trees, but finally, I think, the end is nigh (I hope I’m only talking about autumn colours).
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Yes, I think you might be right about that – cold wintry weather is being predicted.
Beautiful, there are similar scenes here…
Thanks, yes the last hoorah before winter arrives.
Yep, soon it will be grey and gloomy
Lovely photographs, autumn colours are very appealing.
Thank you. I think their appeal is heightened by their fleeting appearance. Almost here one week and gone the next.
Autumn colouring is one of the things I miss about living in England. Here, our spring is a no show. Still wearing our jumpers, and lots of rain. We’re all getting a bit over it, even the farmers.
Ah well, plenty of rain will mean you’ll get some good pics later on in the year featuring grand rivers looking like grand rivers for a nice change.😁
That would be the grand rivers that are currently rippling around people’s homes 🙂 It’s a b—-er for some of the farmers who were just about to reap a bumper crop.
Bill is only ever concerned whether the golf course is or isn’t under water – it’s a Links course beside the beach. He’s just about to head out now.
It seems many parts of the planet are going to be destined for biblical floods and droughts, and there’s us humans thinking we had it all sussed. Hope Bill enjoyed his game of golf and won.
He was pipped out of nearest the pin. Missed out on an entire Four Pounds 🙂 In truth though, his biggest competitor is himself.
Ahh, it’s game all about what’s between the ears as they say!
Ah , yes, the remains of autumn
Already feels ages ago. 😐
Yes, it does, rather