17 October 2008

Tunnel of gold

New England seems to have taken possession of the "see our lovely leaves" travel market. I've heard a number of British people express a desire to see New England in the Fall - some of whom, I'm fairly sure, have only a vague idea of where New England actually is. Well, if it's gorgeous autumn colours you're after, then you can spread your travel net a bit wider than just the northeast corner of the USA. It's been a spectacular autumn across eastern Canada too.

I took the picture on my drive home from Deseronto this afternoon. I wasn't actually driving at the time, I feel I should point out. I stopped the car and hopped out to take the picture. I'm just trying to imagine doing that on a drive home along the A56 to Sale from my old work in Manchester. Not that there was anything particularly attractive to photograph on that route. But I would have been lynched by the other drivers if I'd tried, that's for sure.

This is one of our neighbour's maple trees. Glorious.

2 comments:

themanicgardener said...

Well, I'm glad you live somewhere where you won't be lynched if you stop to take a photograph, Amanda.

I have to say that after living for years in southern Ontario, not that far from you, I went back to Massachussetts for a brief spell, and--wow.

That's an awfully pretty tree there, though. You didn't have anything like that in Britain? We have yellow here, interestingly, but almost no red or orange. I miss them....

--Kate

Amanda said...

Yes, Manchester is famous for many things, but quiet roads and tolerant motorists aren't on the list.

As a teenager I once made the mistake of talking enthusiastically about England's autumn colours to a woman from New England. She ran off to get her Fall photos to show me what proper autumn colours look like. At the time I thought they looked a bit garish (I hope I didn't say so).

There are definitely more reds than in England - more maples, I suppose (more trees, come to that!). Maybe there's something about the light that's different, too.