Ice berries

Except for a few scattered patches, blackened with grime,
the snow in Vancouver has melted --
back to grey, rainy, chilly days as November ends.
But I thought I'd put up the berries
because

...'tis the season.              

Spindle tree berries

European Spindle Tree (Euonymus europaeus) berries

photographed on the False Creek seawall on the last day of summer, 2010