Golden island

Fall on Saltspring is full of colour. This year, I'm noticing lots of gold, with a few splashings of red. Here are some of our bright fall scenes:

Mr. Darcy, perched on the balcony railing, looks out over a background of  golden fall foliage.

One of the things he's looking at is John, pulling up blackberry vines that grow everywhere in the back yard.

The ironwood tree is a splash of bright red in this otherwise-green section of the back yard. 

A branch of the ironwood tree close up.

The blackberries just keep coming. I doubt that these red ones will have time to ripen this fall.

Another view of the back yard, and John, working away in the distance.

This vine growing up a pole in our Vesuvius neighbourhood stood out like a red flag. 

One of the many trees I planted when we bought Saltspring nearly two decades ago. I think it  was supposed to produce nuts, but by now I'm settling for golden leaves in the fall. The wheelbarrow full of blackberry vines sits beside it.

Our neighbour's fence has more of those red vines, very dramatic when the sun hit it. At the base of the wall, an old boat.

Colourful leaves make a change of scene on one of my regular walking routes.

A closer look at that gorgeous stand of trees.