#84 - River Edge

The field maple has been pale gold for weeks now, I think it was the first to change. It's not as gorgeous as some of the other maples with their rich ochres and coppers but it's lighter yellow tones have a light-hearted quality, less majestic, more like cheerfulness.

#55 - Field Maple keys

We used to play with these in the playground at our infant school - we called them 'helicopters' and we would throw them up and watch them twirl back down into the dust under the big tree. Ours were a plain green that would fade to pale brown, not nearly as beautiful as these pink keys that I found growing on a Field Maple.

#52 - Herb Robert on Field Maple

One of the best things about having a dog is rainy day walks! Seriously, I love walking but I seldom went out in the rain by choice. Everything looks different in the rain, the colours stand out and light shoots out of the heart of millions of little silver globes on the grass and in the hedgerows. There aren't many flowers still out now it's colder so the ones you do see look especially brave, like these little Herb Robert flowers which were in the middle of a bedraggled looking bramble patch.  I love the purple against the pale yellow  of the Field Maple Leaf.