We're still only flirting with freezing temperatures at night. Every once in a while -- like this morning -- it gets down to 28 - 30 degrees. A freeze, but a light one and not for too long. I've unhooked the hoses but haven't brought them in.
Then the mornings go back up to high 30s and into the 40s for several days.
Afternoons are pleasant.
But the vine on the back fence browned up long ago, and now the crabapple and the redbud are mostly bare. The aspens and the cottonwood leaves are about 3/4 down too.
The Japanese maple and the plumbagos are deep scarlet red, mostly smothered by fallen cottonwood leaves, but still visible. The Texas betony and veronicas behind, and the columbines behind those, stay green.
The Wood's rose, just planted this year, is still a tall awkward shape. It's turning golden, and that's a nice complement to the reds nearby.
And here's some dramatic color captured last night at dinner time.
Autumn is well underway.