Bare Trees?

All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray… It happens every year at about this time; radio stations add the song California Dreaming to their play lists. But not so fast. For someone not from New England it might seem that autumn has ended when they see all the bare trees and brown leaves, but those trees are mostly red maples. Red maples not only turn color before most other trees but they are also usually first to lose their leaves. But we shouldn’t give up so easily. The sky may indeed be gray but not all the leaves are brown. There is still a lot more color to be seen. Like the oaks, for example. When red maples are just about finished for the season many oaks are just starting to change, and they’re every bit as colorful as the maples. This year especially, they are beautiful, as the above shot shows. And the beech trees that turn at the same time as the oaks are also beautiful. They don’t have as wide a color range as the oaks but they can be yellow, orange, and a mixture of…