I missed the perfect week to take a shot of the red maples — they had lost too many leaves this week, but here’s a cool closeup. We’ve actually been quite warm this week and much of last — over 70° for seven of the past 12 days. That’s pretty impressive for late October on the Wasatch Front, don’t you think?

This is probably the official Last Rose of Autumn for me. Well, it’s the last in my hedge of Pink Simplicity roses, although I still do have some sprays of Ruby Meidiland roses blooming along the front walkway to our house. Actually, this particular rose is on a plant that I suspect isn’t even a Pink Simplicity. It’s part of that hedge, but this one blooms earlier and longer than any of the other 17 shrubs in that hedge. It looks nearly identical, but I believe the nursery got the plant mixed up, because it’s a little shorter than the others and has that different bloom timing.

Here are some of the other shots from last weekend: