Walks in the fall. Our flag. Pancake syrup. Group of Seven paint-tings. Maple trees are indelibly associated with what it means to be Canadian. “I can’t wait to see the maples again,” sighed a friend of mine recently, after moving back to Canada from a three-year stint working in the Cayman Islands. “Tropical colours are beautiful,” she added, “but I realize now that there’s nothing quite like our maple leaves in the fall.” She’s right. There is a magic quality to maples. The massed colours of that fluttering foliage in September and October are so vivid and luminous, they easily outshine anything growing down south.
With the autumnal maple leaf march there’s an aura of sadness coupled with the promise of new beginnings. The appearance of those extraordinary colours tugs at our heartstrings because we realize, with a jolt, that another year is over. And a new one is starting, full of hope.
**Sugar maple leaves form a bright carpet—their colour can vary widely, from brilliant yellow to burnt orange touched with red.**
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