That Autumn Feeling

All photos taken on September 21, 2022.

Needing a walk and our fall colours fix, we returned to the River View Trail near Devon. Another sterling, sunny, blue sky day. All was right with the world.

That Autumn Feeling © Tanka

That Autumn feeling.

Warm sunshine and bright blue skies.

Golden leaves falling

strong wind gusts bending tree trunks.

Fond memories flooding back.

Sunny Alberta

Pick your favourite berry

Glowing orange

Glimpse of water

Autumn shadows

Chromatic

Colourful awning

Most leaves in Alberta turn yellow in autumn – which makes these red ones stand out even more

looks like a potato chip (crisp)

The trail beckons

The North Saskatchewan River is seldom this colour. In the fall, it becomes green, as it slows down and some of the mud drops out of it.

Aspen Grove

This Lady Bug is enjoying a snooze

View of the Highway 60 bridge over the North Saskatchewan River, North of Devon

Our friend Chip-munk is waiting to greet us

Colourful hillside at trail junction

Taking steps

On the River View Trail

A flock of Canada Geese gets training in formation flying. More lessons are required.

Burst of colour

Such a pleasant walk

Down by the water

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The end of our trail

not only geese fly over this trail

Too far away to tell for sure, but I think this is a Norther Flicker (member of woodpecker family)

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A Blue Jay with his treat

I love shadow photos

I’m invisible, I’m invisible….this Pileated Woodpecker (Woody Woodpecker’s cousin) seems to be saying

Dang, they spotted me…here is my good side!

Can you see me now?

How about now?

Looking for a place to eat lunch…just around the corner?

It was…here is our look back from our picnic stop

PB & J on a sunny fall day

Textures and shadows

Colour gradient goes up the river bank. The top of bank of the North Saskatchewan River varies from 46 to 61 meters (150 to 200 feet) above the river surface in this area.

The bark of this old Cottonwood tree has taken on a real character look

There are a lot of Cottonwood trees in this area.

Technicolour

What goes down, must come up.

View from the top. Nothing but trees

Shining river

closer to the top

Sauntering

Back in civilization?

Not a Maple leaf, but an American Cranberry leaf

Like a rainbow

You would not know that a town is right across the river from this point

Berries for the taking. Not sure what animals are eating them, but there is plenty of berry filled scat on the trails that may be coyote related.

Bands of erosion on the river bank

One of these things does not belong – we watched these ravens and a pair of Redtail hawks soaring the thermals together like giddy teenagers. It was magical.

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