Fall colors and late-blooming flowers tell us that autumn is firmly in place. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net.

Dolphins in Chesapeake Bay from Bob Waldrop.
Mary Bourne of Bena said her 15-foot-tall Sasanqua camellia is loaded with buds.
Joyce Fatony of Gloucester noticed these beautiful fall colors on Main Street in Gloucester.

Rose in Ginger Rowe’s garden in Gloucester.
This mushroom is seven inches tall, said Cheryl Battle of Bavon.
Pretty mushrooms at the home of Janet Clark, Hallieford.

Last of the summer flowers, submitted by Brenda Teagle.

Camellia sasanqua Daydream from Lewis Hubbard of Cardinal.
Eliana Nuttall photographed Wanda Hudgins’s chrysanthemum in Ware Neck.

Canna lily and hibiscus blooms appeared in Al Hudgins’s garden on Horn Harbor…a yellow celebration of Indian summer.

Yana Hare of Hayes found a baby turtle in her flower bed, then she found a Rose Dark Night and a reblooming iris.

Sheffield pink chrysanthemums, camel...