Late Autumn Foliage!

It’s late autumn – almost winter now – in the southern hemisphere, and the fall foliage everywhere we turn is beautiful! I’ve tried to capture some glimpses while running errands...

JM and I agree that this autumn season has probably been the most beautiful we’ve experienced since we arrived in 2013. One key may be that leaves have stayed on trees longer this year; we haven’t had multiple wind storms like we’ve had in past years – not yet anyway! And the weather hasn’t turned too cold, too suddenly, this year. So we’ve been enjoying an abundance of color – and cool weather!

That said, the weather guy I follow (via fb) said that last night the city of Mercedes (in Soriano on the western side of the country) got temps down to freezing (-0.4°C) for the first time this season. And cold(er), stormy weather is supposed to be arriving soon...

The sweet gums continue to be favorites for our family. This year we’ve been enjoying the multiple shades of red on the one we pass on the way to the school gym where E has class.

And our poinsettias are in full bloom now.

It’s practically impossible to capture the amazing curtain of color lining the back wall of the yard! Thankfully, the three main poinsettia trees seem to be recovering nicely from the storm damage suffered three years ago.

The ones in front are (only!) cuttings I pushed into the ground when I trimmed the original center tree late last year.

But yellows (and browns) are more typical autumn colors for us here in Montevideo.

These are branches of two of many sycamores lining our avenue.