Ok, I'll admit it... I've been strategically ignoring the early adopters -- those few trees that are turning colors earlier than their peers. But it turns out I can't stop the forward momentum of the seasons by simply ignoring or not writing about it, so it's time to acknowledge... things are starting to turn colors. Here, a sugar maple starting to become vibrant orange. The sugar maples (as always) have a great variety in their phenophases -- many are still green as June, while others are further gone than this!
Here, a close-up of chokeberry bushes, which seem to consistently have about 1 in every 20 leaves turning orange...
Still summer for 3 more days, right?????
Lovely!
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