The leaves of the Norway maples have turned yellow

[pameladean]

The leaves of the Norway maples that line our street turn yellow only every four or five years. It takes a long, mild fall to cause them to show their colors. Most years, they just shrug off their green leaves in November, a botanical eye-roll at Minnesota weather.

The sky is peach-colored above their warm yellow. Along either side of the street is a long, brilliant, precise aisle of fallen leaves.

The weather radio is yammering. "The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Hennepin County in East Central Minnesota until 6:15 p.m. Central Daylight Time. ... The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Isanti County in East Central Minnesota. ... The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a tornado warning for Isanti County in East Central Minnesota. ... The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a tornado warning for Polk County in Northwest Wisconsin until 6:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time. ... "

It's two days before Halloween.

But the leaves of the Norway maples have turned yellow.

Pamela

Comments

[pameladean]

Well, remember, in a bad year, that's what we have here too. Though a strange effect of global warming seems to be to have lengthened the former interim seasons, so spring takes longer than a weekend.

Pamela