Fickle Autumn and Faded Blooms

With the daytime weather fluctuating anywhere between the 60s and 70s, fickle Autumn has kept us guessing whether she's truly made her appearance or not. The warm sunlit days walking by giant sycamores with their now golden leaves gives us warmth enough to remind us we are Californians, and color enough to give us a taste of the seasons.

 

Trail-side there are persevering remnants of flowers bloomed long ago, reminding us that though the days are growing darker and shorter now, fresh new life will yet come again.

California Everlasting (Gnaphalium californicum) A must smell!

Deerweed blooms year round, but never as it does in Spring.

Deerweed (Lotus scoparius)

Laurel Sumac (Malosma laurina)

Trabuco Creek

Giant reed towers over the creek while water levels are low as we head into the rainy season with an abundance of brown colored algae in some areas.

Pennywort

White Sweetclover (Melilotus albus)

Spanish Sunflower? (Pulicaria paludosa)

An unidentified flycatcher, small as a songbird, is captured in this video.