Sunday, November 10, 2019

GOLDEN COTTONWOODS

SWMBO and I took a little road trip a few days ago, replicating somewhat my solo visit to the Verde Valley recently.

We stopped on the lower edge of Jerome to snap a couple of photos of the color in the trees and brush.




But the real treat was when we got to the Valley itself and saw all the cottonwood trees along the river in their brilliant gold colors for Autumn.



It is simple to track the course of the river as it wends its way through the area.

The moisture loving cottonweed trees lead the way with their brilliance.




We used to live in an apartment on a bluff looking down on the river and enjoyed seeing the trees changing color as the temperatures dropped.

We were directly above a large open field that occasionally flooded in the spring and apparently held water through the summer because every year a huge throng of Canada geese would fly in and land there for a few days on their journey south.

But that's another story.


6 comments:

  1. Lovely scenes. Thanks for the tour.

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  2. I'm up for a goose story . . .

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  3. I miss the reds and purples of sugar maples and fruit trees, though. The local leaves are all yellow, and after this past couple of weeks, dry and brown and still up in the trees.

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  4. Interesting how they follow the river.

    We have Canada geese and also geese that stay the year around. You can tell the difference as the Canada geese go Honk Honk eh.

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  5. There's GOLD in that there valley!

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