Fall Color and Fall Wildflowers

Fall color is beautiful right now.  Of course, in the mountains of western North Carolina, there is no real peak.  It is so bio-diverse here that fall color goes on and on for weeks, painted every day with different colors.  But this moment is beautiful and will be for the next few weeks.  Right now, there is still much green in the landscape, but also the fall colors that create a beautiful patchwork quilt are popping out everywhere.  Cloud inversions are kissing the mountain most mornings.  Fall wildflowers are blooming- purple asters and bottle gentian are especially plentiful.  More detailed fall color reports can be found here and here.  A taste of the mountain around the Heritage Ridge Villas follows.  Louise

Sunrise inversion, in the west, from the front porch of Heritage Ridge Villas

Sunrise inversion in the east, over the Black Mountains, from the back porch

Sunrise inversion in the east, over the Black Mountains, from the back porch

Fall decorations outside of the clubhouse, Slickrock Village

Ancient maple tree, Jump Off Trail, Timber sky hiking

Maple tree outside Heritage Ridge Villas

Bottle Gentian is blooming on the trail going down from Heritage Ridge Park, and on the gentle trail at the top of the mountain from Timber Sky

 Images © 2016 Louise Lindsay