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Harvest Moon last night so I guess it really is autumn now 🍂
10•27•23 || It’s snowing in Minnesota y’all
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(deciduous) tree leaves change color in the fall because they are tiny little factories being shutdown and scraped for parts. the tree has made an evolutionary bet that the amount of energy required to maintain its food factories (leaves) through the (freezing, increasingly dark) winter is just not worth the investment--better to shut it down and hibernate instead.
but before a tree can shed its leaves, it needs to break down and reabsorb that valuable valuable chlorophyll, to reuse in the spring. this removes the green pigmentation, allowing the yellow/orange pigments (carotenoids) that are usually hidden to shine through!
so next time you see a majestic sight like this:
please know these trees are cannibalizing their own extremities ♥
9•30•23 || visits with the family in hines
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Me on October 1st
10•13/14•22 || Minnesota won’t ever let me have autumn for my birthday. It started snowing yesterday and now it’s officially winter.
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