The Quotation of the Week (November 10 - 16, 2019)

A quotation of Martin Luther King, Jr., on
'keep on moving no matter what,'
compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo © Jerome D'Costa (Toronto: 2019)

The Colourful Autumn Is Here In Toronto

The Autumn season is already in Toronto

Photo © Jerome D'Costa (Sept. 26, 2019)

Colourful trees are the signs of the Autumn (also called the Fall) season in Canada. These changing colours from the green to reddish, yellow, and pink are a sight to see and enjoy. 

Please see the following photos in your heart's content to enjoy the colours:

• Photos of the Autumn (Fall) Season in Toronto
• More Colours of the Autumn

The Quotation of the Week (October 31 - November 6, 2010)

A fallen leaf on some stones
at the Lawachara National Park, Bangladesh

Photo (July, 2008) © Ujjal Peter D'Costa

The Extravagant Colours of the Canadian Autumn -- 2

The following autumn colours were visible in the Rouge Park, Toronto:

Photos (Toronto: October 11, 2010) © Jerome D'Costa

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The Extravagant Colours of the Canadian Autumn -- 1

Canada, at present, is in the midst of the autumn season. The Nature is in flame here. Gorgeous autumn colours (yellow, orange, brown, bronze, red and purple) in leaves are aspread from the east coast to the west coast, from the north to the south.

With the passing of the summer, the autumn comes with shorter and colder days which make trees know that they have to get ready for the coming winter. Since there wouldn't be enough sunlight and water during the winter, the trees know that they wouldn't be able to use the photosynthesis process (turning water and carbon dioxide into glucose or sugar) for producing food. So, to survive the winter, tree roots, trunks, branches and twigs begin to preserve glucose within themselves and at the same time stop supplying food to their leaves. This gradual stoppage of food makes leaves change colour and fall off to the ground.

Deciduous trees are the ones that shed off their leaves in the autumn. These trees are oaks, hickories, maples, birches, beeches, chestnuts, cottonwoods, dogwoods, cherries, and some others.

Now let's enjoy the autumn colours in and around Toronto.

All photos (Toronto: September-October, 2010) © Jerome D'Costa

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