36/365: Glowing red leaves on trees

[valadilenne]

Glowing red tree Trees around here have a tendency to turn colors late in the season. Some states see them go in September. Here it's summer clear up until Halloween.

Japanese maples do this more than most other trees. Red is a very striking color--all the native trees to Oklahoma tend to turn a dingy orange-brown or just a mottled caramel color before they fall off. Exotics turn pretty colors and seem to glow in the sunlight. When the sky is a perfect shade of blue, it's a really nice effect. Makes me wonder why I dislike fall, and then I remember that it gets cold and rainy and windy and it all comes back to me. But the leaves I enjoy.