As the outside world normally is around this time each November, things have changed a lot. Many trees are already devoid of leaves while others are still covered with colorful ones . When the chlorophyll that makes the leaves green is no longer being produced, anthocyanin pigments in them turn the leaves red as the days shorten and cooler temperatures prevail.

Black walnut trees are almost all bare except for a few nuts still hanging on here and there. Along many roads you can hear your car wheels driving over their dropped fruits.

Small flowering dogwood trees are glowing wine red, as are tupelos , commonly called blackgum trees, along woods’ edges or in wet areas. And Callery pear trees, known as Bradford pears, have turned dark red or purplish.

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