Backyard Larch

I said before that the larch is my favourite fall tree.

This Japanese larch has stood in our backyard, close to our deck (getting closer and closer as it grows taller than the house), for the past twenty-five years.

At this time of the year it is the only colourful tree in sight. All the deciduous leaves are down and collected and, with Eastern Standard Time, the sun sets today at 4:20 pm.

Thank goodness for the larch's bright golden needles and the year-round birds it attracts (Black-capped Chickadees, White and Red-breasted Nuthatchs, Northern Cardinals) as well as the nomadic Finches (Purple Finch, Common Redpoll, Pine Siskin).

Canon 7D, 50mm f/1.8 lens at f/7.1 and 1/320 sec