Europeans coming to America are surprised by the
brilliancy of our autumnal foliage. There is no account of such a
phenomenon in English poetry, because the trees acquire but few bright
colors there.
redbud leaves losing chorophyll
I’ve heard that some folks don’t think California has seasons. That we don’t have the fall colors. We do. Fall anthocyanins and carotenoids are just more of a treasure hunt. Fall here is not in your face as it is in New England or like this.
My name is Norm Benson and my Lowdermilk manuscript is out for beta review.
This is the story of Walter and Inez Lowdermilk, an American couple who came to see soil erosion as a threat to civilization. Their pursuit of land conservation carried them from China and the Dust Bowl to Palestine, where their ideas about reclaiming the land helped build the case for the creation of Israel.
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