I was minding my sister's three kids, plus one of my own, the other day (same day I went to "crazy town", but that's another story!), and her backyard is full of amazing autumn glow that is on display for a quarter of the year. This is such a beautiful tree, the betula birch, I had to take a picture. Amazing deep red colouring, that is so striking in any garden.

The weather is currently caught in the middle of the last bright rays of sun for the year, and winter is knocking heavily on the door ahead. The branches are reaching out and basking in those last rays, whilst holding on to some of the light drizzle drops that had earlier landed that day.

Betula birch foliage