Yes, it really is this colour

Red maple in full colour.

More colours

Everyday I go out in the morning the colours are getting stronger. The red maples have outdone themselves and the trees along the Montreal RIver the same

Summer has gone so fast

Misty fall morning on Gowganda Lake, combined with a load of firewood to cut and split.

Finally caught up to getting home

Today sunny and warm, I'm surprised the trees haven't shown more colour yet but even down near Huntsville the colours have hardly broken through. The pic is from just west of town with the poplars still primarly green.
On the other hand a pic from the Yukon at the Ogilvie river valley and the Ogilvie Mountains, this was our view out the window of the camper as the sun was going down about 10:00pm.

Guess where this is

Here is a pic from a few days ago, its not Gowganda

Asters

ATVing around Bouche cut the other day and found this aster along the way. I believe it may be a Purple stemmed aster.