Sunday, November 1, 2009

Light greens gone until next year...


I can’t believe how quickly the leaves have dropped from the trees over the last few days. It seems that I just took this photo in mid-October, when the woods were just starting to change color. Now on November 1st, when I look outside my windows, the large Maple trees have shed their golden canopy and the petite Japanese maple stands naked with scarlet plumage at its feet. The old oaks refuse to give up half of their pointy, reddish-brown leaves, just to extend the raking season for me.

Actually, nature was right on schedule as the leaves on the ground provided the annual ‘crunchy noise’ ambience for the trick or treaters last night.