fall y’all
A few weeks ago, my mother asked me if the leaves were changing color in Austin. I told her that most of the trees I see are live oaks, and so there’s really no color event like you may see in some cities. In Tulsa, where I grew up, the leaves simply turn brown and drop, unlike Carthage, Missouri where the maple trees would turn a brilliant red each year I went there for a high-school band competition. What the trees in Tulsa lacked in hue, they made up for in volume. My parents have about 35 full-grown trees on their lot, and leaf removal became a dreaded autumnal ritual.
I’d forgotten about Austin’s elm trees however. When I was down in the Barton Creek Greenbelt at the end of October, I was pleasantly surprised to see bright yellow elm trees preparing for winter. Oddly enough, I only got one lame elm picture, but I snapped quite a few pictures of the fall colors for my mom.
