kareina | autumn colours

The tree outside my window is lovely this time of year. While some of the leaves cling stubbornly to green, others are yellow, and still others a very pretty red. I rather like this tree, I've forgotten the name of the variety, but it is something related to a maple--the leaves are five-pointed, but much skinnier than the maple tree out in the back yard, whcih has already lost all of its leaves for the year. As I recall, this tree was the last of the imported trees in the area to lose its leaves last year, and it even managed to hold on to a few, lonely, leaves all winter. (Australian trees don't lose their leaves seasonally--they drop a few here and there all year, but don't ever go naked.)

This morning was spent on countless errands in town, and while we made it home a bit past mid-day, I've spent the time since catching up on mail, updating financial records in the computer (that many stops equals *how much* spent!?!), and reading LJ. Now it is suddenly 4pm, and I really ought to quit playing and pick up my uni work for the day (fortunately, the past several days have been quite productive in terms of both uni work, and getting out for reasonable-length walks).

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Walkies?

Nope, that is not the name of the tree! ;-)

Besides, we just got back from a walk a bit ago...
(and thanks for that!)

Liquid Amber. Presumably after the colour it goes in Autumn. The leaves change colour with a certain amount of relation to temperature: I remember camping in the Blue Mountains surrounded by liquid ambers all of which had yellow/gold leaves. The night was a record -4 degrees C and in the morning we left our tent to find all the trees had gone a rich dark red colour. It was very spectacular.

Yes, thank you, that is the name. No idea why I couldn't remember it earlier, but brains are like that, sometimes...

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If it's the tree I'm thinking of....

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