Fall Colors...

Nature's grandest color displays-the autumn tree leaf color change has happened in Arkansas and I love it.The ultimate sacrifice of a leaf-bearing tree is the ultimate in visual pleasure for us.I read that the major factor influencing autumn leaf color change is the lack of water.Not a lack of water to the entire tree, but a purposeful weaning of water from each leaf.Every leaf is affected by colder, drier,and breezy conditions and begins a process which results in its own demise and removal from the tree.Thus,the ultimate sacrifice of the tree and our visual pleasure.