One day last spring, this leaf appeared on a tree. Like billions of others, it budded and gave the tree an aura of exuberant life. Dancing in the breezes or swaying with the swooping drama of storms, the leaves took in sunlight and made us oxygen. Then one day, usually around Labor Day, they begin to look a bit tired, and the leafy gowns begin to droop and fade, changing color for one last hurrah, before they are swept away in the cooler winds of autumn; the trees get a signal to release a hormone that causes the leaves to fall off.
It's an interesting process, described here.
1 comment:
It still looks photogenic.
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