I took this last week. It was sunny and cool. Now it is a bit warmer but with the clouds low and thick and sometimes raining. Gray. The leaves are coming down.
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Wild color
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Color leach
As the leaves fall and the rain comes, colors leach from the leaves. Nutrients for the next year.
I took this in November 2021.
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Red and green
More luscious leaves.
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Stubborn red
Another flower still blooming in October and bright red!
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Beach yellow
I have been focusing on the beautiful leaves and trees, but at North Beach there are still flowers stubbornly blooming, even though it has been near freezing every night for the last week.
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Bicolor
At least two colors. Or more.
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Fall gold
Golden yellow everywhere.
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Fall rust
An oak tree in flames.
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Stubborn gold
It’s mostly colorful leaves at this time of year on the Olympic Peninsula, but there are a few stubborn flowers, like this dandelion.
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Changing
So is the tree vacuuming all of the nutrients and chlorophyll out of the leaves? Or do the leaves send the nutrients back themselves and glory in their colors before falling? Or both? Who is a tree expert out there?
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