In Freebies, I posted a photo of our Pampas grass clump. That clump looks a bit different, now, so here's an update.
You may have noticed the yellow leaves on the concrete and grass, around the bicycle photo that was posted earlier, today. As is common, in Kansas, these leaves are cottonwood--our version of aspen, displays of which the mountains in Colorado (and other states) are famous. Most of the older trees (mostly brought in with the settlers in the 19th century) in Kansas turn yellow in the fall. However, being what we are, we people have planted trees and shrubs that turn our favored colors. Since I am jealous of Bogie's (New Hampshire) fall colors, I tend to plant things that produce reds in the fall. Many in the Wichita area have planted ornamental pears, chinese pistacios, and (my favorite) sweet gum trees. Below are photos of my sugar maple and group of dwarf burning bushes.
Lovely photos. I do miss the leaves turning red. You seldom see that in Arizona.
Posted by: Darlene | November 03, 2008 at 09:43 AM
What charming pictures. I do miss the fall season as I experienced it living in the Midwest years ago.
Posted by: Hattie | November 03, 2008 at 02:05 PM
OH....these are glorious CC. Those red leaves are especially beautiful. We have a lot of them around here. I just love to drive around and look at them. The oranges and reds....just awesome....I have one like that sugar maple turning on my lawn right now.....
Posted by: Joy | November 04, 2008 at 07:52 AM
Hattie & Joy--Kansas doesn't have the pretty colors that predominate in New England, or even the colors that we had while I was growing up in Missouri; but, we homeowners (including the sod busters of years gone by) have brought a lot of color through our forestation of the prairie. I wonder if the virgin prairies weren't more colorful than we realize. Grasses can turn such amazing colors!
Posted by: Cop Car | November 05, 2008 at 11:04 AM