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Gardens are often full of nice autumn color. So, you may not need to drive very far to find it. I took a 15 minute stroll through my garden this morning and captured these handheld images of autumn color in my yard. Eastern redbud, Cercis canadensis, is a favorite garden tree of mine (not to be confused […]
Photos just received change our previous report on Trinity County from past peak to peak. GO NOW! Color spotter Gabriel Leete got his snap of fall color along the Trinity River (CA-299), with bigleaf maple at full peak, as the Shasta Cascade’s first major winter storm arrived to dampen leaves. Gabriel reports the color in west […]
There is no street named “Memory Lane” in Los Altos, though there should be. Santa Clara Valley color spotter Anson Davalos’ photos of fall color brought back memories of the happy years I lived in Los Altos and enjoyed its temperate climate and adonic autumn color. When I lived there, the valley hadn’t yet […]
Balmy weather made visiting Lake Silverwood in the San Bernardino Mountains a perfect getaway this past weekend, reports Southern California color spotter Alena Nicholas. Peak color is painting Southern California’s mountains with soft and beautiful color, as seen in Alena’s photos. The Lake Silverwood area seems drier than it did last year, “this late in Fall,” […]
Lake Arrowhead is a late October to early November peak. True to form, it’s at peak, as these photos from San Bernardino Mountains color spotter, Alena Nicholas demonstrate. Rose, orange and gold have decorated the woods near the Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa. This is one of Marriott’s “Autograph Collection” properties. Because Lake Arrowhead is […]
San Bernardino Mountain color spotter Alena Nicholas sends these shots of Lake Gregory as it nears peak. It, and nearby Lake Arrowhead, should be beautiful this weekend. Lake Gregory is the closest major San Bernardino mountain resort to the Los Angeles basin. Exotic and native trees surround the lake, providing a colorful mix of yellow, crimson, […]
When it comes to California bigleaf maple, how Big is big? Jeff Luke Titcomb reports that bigleaf maple leaves along Indian Creek in Plumas County are as big as “8” wide and equally as long.” The big leaves are still bright yellow along creeks and river bottoms near Greenville. Peak (75-100%) GO NOW! — Indian […]
A sojourn to Apple Hill today found vineyards Near Peak, but orchards mostly patchy. Some apples remain to be picked, though many are off the trees. Because of the range of fall color to be seen, we’ll rate Apple Hill as Near Peak, though expect black oak to be Just Starting, other trees to be Patchy […]
David Olden found bigleaf maple at full peak in Yosemite Valley along Southside Drive. He writes, “While the valley has lots of bare trees already there are plenty of areas of color left. I’d go now….I did.” David didn’t mention black oaks, though they should be peaking as well near Yosemite Village and Lower Yosemite […]
El Dorado County color spotter Brian Patterson posted this shot of vineyards at Apple Hill in Camino on our Facebook page. Previously, Apple Hill color spotter Eileen Javora, a meteorologist at Sacramento’s KCRA-TV3, had tweeted about reds and golds appearing in the vineyards and orchards near the Boeger Winery in Placerville. Looks like I’ll just have […]