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Fall colors deepen now  in Finland. I am glad I live next to the Botanic Garden in Kumpula Helsinki. There you can follow the change of the summer for the fall in several geographical zones.   The garden has plants from  North America, Canada, Japan and the Far East from the similar climate zones than Finland . Especially mountain ashes and maples now shine with a bright red and yellow. It is still partial green, but after a few weeks the greenery disappears, leaves fall and nature prepares for winter. Photos: Sirpa Pääkkönen 25th September 2016 

One morning you'll wake up and find that summer colors have disappeared. Deep green leaves in trees turn yellow and red. Nature creates a carneval of colors that will flourish a short moment, a few weeks. In Helsinki in Finland that happened today. The heat of the summer is gone, the nights are cooler and longer.  The sun appears only occasionally. Fall colors have arrived. Lets's enjoy the colors a moment. Photos: Sirpa Pääkkönen