Red face, er, red Acer

I walked over to my mother's house today. She lives on the other side of the village. Stupidly, and I really should have known better, I didn't let her know I was going over but just dropped by on the off-chance she'd be in. She wasn't.

Still, it gave me a good chance to see all the wonderful Autumn colours as I walked over there and to see this Acer (I think) that's in her garden when I got there. I love how vivid a red its leaves are. Shame it can't make a refreshing cup of tea...