Golden grass

Fall is coming and the tall grass at Bear Valley (and elsewhere) is turning golden.

Ushuaia vegetation

Happy Autumn!

No, not here, but it's Fall in Ushuaia when it's Spring here. This is a field of Fall flowers and the reddish plants look like what we called ironweed in Indiana (perhaps because in the Fall they turn the color of rusted iron-also they're hard and tough).

Leaves

It's winter most places now - I mean, real winter with snow and cold - but here it's more like late fall. The liquid-amber trees are starting to lose their leaves, making beautiful red and yellow carpets everywhere.

Thistle - Autumn

These thistles appear in many places that I walk but the best examples are - guess where - at the Ponds. Here's one with its thistledown ready to be carried away by the next breeze.

Fall color

Those of us in the West who have lived in the East or Midwest tend to feel we don't have proper fall color here. But - look at this stand of trees near the College of Marin parking lot; I didn't check them up close but they are likely liquid-amber. There's plenty of color!