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Mother Nature's palette on display for upcoming fall colours hike
Fall is a time of beauty - a time
we look around and know that
Mother Nature is wanting to please
us.
Even while driving on a busy
highway in traffic at the beginning
of a long day, we can't help but
notice the vivid colours of the
foliage alongside the road ahead. It
is indeed a spirit lifter, a stress
reliever of sorts.
For some time now researchers
have known that colours have an
impact on our moods.
Green is deeply relaxing. Yellow is
the happiest colour of the spectrum.
Orange is an exhibitionist, the
hottest colour in the spectrum. Red
is active more than passive, stimu-
lating rather than relaxing.
Burgundy is a rich and sophisticat-
ed colour.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons
fall can be so invigorating. The
colours go from the relaxing greens
to the more lively yellow, orange,
red and burgundy. Colour can defi-
nitely nurture your soul as food
nourishes your body.
Colour changes in foliage signal
the end of the growing season. This
occurs when the chlorophyll (the
pigment that makes the leaf green)
is exhausted - started by the change
in temperature and decreasing
amount of daylight - which allows
other pigments to come out.
Eventually the leaves dry up and
fall off the tree, hence "fall," creat-
ing a wonderful opportunity to jump
in a pile of raked leaves!
Please join us
for our Fall
Colours Walk, set
for Sunday, Oct.
14 at 1 p.m. We
will be meeting
at the office locat-
ed at 41378
Hydro Line Road.
Feel free to
bring binoculars,
a camera, com-
fortable shoes,
the kids and the
dog. The event
will be fun and
appropriate for
all ages.
Here are some
of the colour
changes you can
expect to see at
H u 1 1 e t t
Box Furniture
& Floor Coverings
20 Main St. Seatorth (519) 527-0680 www.b9xfurniture.ca
Provincial Wildlife Area...
Sugar Maple Bright Orange -red to
Yellow
White Ash - Maroon to a dark red-
dish -green
Quaking Aspen - Yellow (sometimes
deep yellow)
American Beech - Light yellow
Silver Maple - Pale yellow
Birch - Bright yellow
Red Oak - Dull brown
Sumac - Orange becoming bright
red
Pin Cherry - Reddish becoming
bright yellow
By Scot Russell, Outreach
Coordinator, Friends of Hullett
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