{"id":10511,"date":"2025-10-12T14:25:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=10511"},"modified":"2025-10-12T14:25:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:25:28","slug":"fall-colors-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/12\/fall-colors-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Colors, In The City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This last couple of weeks have seen the fall colors work down into the city. Whilst doing daily walks, I passed by some Sumac bushes that had started to turn. One bush had several flowers that had turned into a red fruit earlier during the summer. I found this Sumac fruit that was surrounded with a ring of green leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sumac With Fruit, Fall Colors, No 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sumac typically turn from green to yellow then orange. Finally, when the leaves turn red, they are spectacular. In the image below, the fruit has a backdrop of bright red leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sumac With Fruit, Fall Colors, No 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

There are several species of Sumac. The one that I had found was the Smooth Sumac. In the following image, I concentrated on the leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Smooth Sumac, Fall Leaves, No 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I found another Sumac bush that had a branch with red leaves which was flanked by another branch with green leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Smooth Sumac, Fall Leaves, No 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Often during walks, I cross Harvard Gulch where there is a spillway. Here I found some leaves with their fall colors that had fallen into the gulch. They were then trapped under running water that was flowing over the spillway.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fall Color Leaves Under Water In Spillway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

During another daily walk, I found a Sumac branch where the leaves had turned to a striking orange color. Here I found an dark background that contrasted with the orange leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Smooth Sumac Leaves, In Orange.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Close by, was another Sumac bush that had started to turn from green to yellow. Sun light streamed through a gap in the tree canopy to highlight the leaves in this image.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Smooth Sumac, Yellow-Green.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Finally, crossing to Rosedale Park, I found several trees that were in the process of turning colors.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Multicolor Fall Leaves, Rosedale Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In the image above, one can see all the colors from green, through yellow, orange and red. These leaves were shiny, so I made sure to include the light shiny surfaces that reflected the sky light on the leaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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