I’ve been taking pictures of fall foliage since the beginning of the month.

On the day of the midterms, the maples on the islands of the library parking lot were colorful. I took the picture after we voted. There were some dead maples too – the drought was just too much for them.

My daughter brought over the leftover pumpkins from their annual pumpkin carving event. They made the red of the Virigina creeper look a muted, although some nearby Viriginia creeper held the red color better.

The leaves of the Missouri Evening Primrose and the seed pods are colorful too. They are a new discovery for me this year.

A leaf with water droplets looked pale against the grass….another look of fall.

The leaves of the spicebush (the bush to the right in the image) are turning yellow and the young pawpaws (the lower bushes) are turning yellow as well although a little behind the spicebush. The violets are still mostly green.

I took a few pictures from our deck. It was a gray day but there was still some color and most of the leaves were still on the trees. There are some pines and hollies too that are very green!