Are These the Last Leaves of Autumn?

I thought I could be done with autumn in Prescott tonight. No such luck. Too many beautiful red leaves remain (and you know how I groove on R.E.D.) Too many piles of leaves on the ground to crunch underfoot. Bare limbs beckon the photographer!

How could anyone resist a last-leaf-on-the-tree picture! I surely couldn't.

And attention Valley folk: The final blast of color is now in action. Namely, the Arizona sycamores. Big leaves. Big trees. Big color (although not R.E.D.)