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If your leaves were yellow, yellow is what they'll always be ... you don't have the sugar maples that turn flame red, or the ??? trees that go bright orange. But yellow is beautiful against dark, wet tree trunks.
I missed the peak this year in northwest PA, unfortunately; lots of yellow and orange here, but no red. Farther south, in Almost Heaven, again plenty of yellow and orange. No red. The sugar maples seem to need northern winters.
The best fall show I've ever seen was in the Ottawa Valley/Gatineau Region of Ontario/Quebec. Every hue and shade imaginable. Lots of sugar maples there for the reds, plenty of oaks, beech, birch for orange and yellow. Beautiful beyond comprehension. I didn't realize what riches I had at hand when I was a kid. I enjoyed all of it - just didn't realize it was rare and on the brink of disappearance.
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