When we first arrived in Manhattan, KS, this tree was covered in red seed pods, the sort that look like blades of a fan. It was quite a sight - like the crab apple. And then it turned green...
And before the grass gave any hint that winter was coming, this tree started going red again...
There are two interesting things about this tree: 1) it is one of four trees of this species, all planted in a row; 2) the leaves on the south face of all these trees stayed green the longest.
The leaves were so pretty as they changed from green to red-brown...
Jimmy and I had had fun collecting leaves. I even pressed some and then used a US equivalent of blutac to stick them to the walls, along with other leaves from other trees, mostly pressed, and in varying states of green and brown.
The north wind helped remove the leaves on the north side of the tree...
I know that this isn't a photo of the main tree in this post, but this is what we see: bare trees, with the oaks hanging on the the last of their leaves, and the pines and cedars living up to their status as evergreens.
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