Jack O' Lanterns

The harbinger

This tree is always the first to turn.
Summer is gone, and fall is here. But nature is just barely starting to show us what's ahead. Every year, during my fall runs through Redwood, I notice this single tree changing colors before any others. Not all of the trees here turn colors, just a few- one right after the other. And some leaves never change at all. Some turn yellow, and then drop. Some just drop. And many trees here stay green all year, thank goodness. I know soon my weekend runs will come to an end, right when I need them the most. Soon it will be too cold to come here at all. And this tree reminds of that.

The Fox