Peak color in MI

[branchandroot]

Many things continue to be awful, but it's peak color this week, and my bus ride is during sunrise, so I've gotten to have a color tour every morning and watch the sun slowly light up the trees so even the ones that are still green look gold.

It's an ember-colored fall this year, less bright than some because late summer was so dry, but the maples are still bringing the reds and oranges, the pears have turned deep burgundy, and the oaks are shading from yellow into copper and dark red. The oldest, strongest locust trees still have a hold of their golden leaves, and the young ginko trees that the city has started planting recently have all joined in, exuberantly gold from top to bottom. The sumac that lives in the roadside swales is a rich, dark red and the burning bush may be a sneaking invasive but it reliably turns rose red at this season. You can tell there was drought this year; many trees have scorched and curled leaves and can only turn dusky yellow or even brown. But there's still color, and it's still beautiful, and we're still here.

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