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October 6: Turning
Oct. 6th, 2010 07:50 pmIt's difficult to tell, this fall, if the leaves are wilty and brownish because it's been so hot and dry, or simply because it's fall. I suspect the former. Their appearance just looks... off. Most of the trees are still as green as ever, but then there are sections that are dead brown. And I've never seen sumac wilt the way it is this year. It's pretty hardy.
The ornamental pear trees along the block where I exercise are just starting to turn, a little. They're lovely when they do -- lots of the leaves will be four colors at the same time. Right now there are just a few red ones. Not like the maple tree out in front of the Target store. Half of it, the west-southwest half, is blazing red. There's another maple, a short and slender one by one of the local elementary schools, that's almost a tree-harlequin, the southwest side leaves red and the northeast side leaves summer green.
The ornamental pear trees along the block where I exercise are just starting to turn, a little. They're lovely when they do -- lots of the leaves will be four colors at the same time. Right now there are just a few red ones. Not like the maple tree out in front of the Target store. Half of it, the west-southwest half, is blazing red. There's another maple, a short and slender one by one of the local elementary schools, that's almost a tree-harlequin, the southwest side leaves red and the northeast side leaves summer green.