Painting the Town

 The autumn colours are at their best right now. Even Rick Mercer commented on them, describing the show in Algonquin Park as "gobsmacking" in one of his Tweets.  And it takes a lot to gobsmack our hero Rick.

Here at Bondi Village, our trees are going all out to Paint the Town. 

The maple at Beaver cottage blazes with orange and yellows.





At Cedars, the maple is just turning its leaves into a crimson glory.














Red Pine has an oak tree by the maple that has joined the parade, providing an interesting mix of shades. Deer are coming in to clean up the windfalls from the crabapple tree that hasn't done anything about adding colour except for the bright red dots of the crabapples themselves.









Springside is tucked down in a valley of maples -- all in different shades of beautiful.
   




Last weekend we hosted a Photography group. While much of their time was spent in Algonquin Park, where the colours are right at their peak, they got their best 'close-ups' right here on the lawn. Our deer were happy to serve as models -- and they really 'worked it'.

Guests last week also saw a bull moose in the Park who posed for them.

If you haven't had a chance to get north, you can drive into the Park with us here -- but turn off the sound, or all you'll here is the noise of the car...