Fall colors in Fairbanks

I need to first acknowledge that these photos are not from October, but from the second week in September. Fall happened a long time ago.  Now that the world is snowy outside, I wanted to share these pictures from the briefly intense leaf change. 

I have been lucky enough to live so close to incredible trails in the hills above my cabin.

The fallen leaves rest on the spruce boughs like confetti.

Some of the aspens have a really black fungus that contrasted well with the gold leaves.

Birch trees are always splitting out of their skins.