Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...
leaves are sure gorgeous in the fall - they seem to fall to the ground as soon as they turn red - do you find the same thing there? I look up and the tree is still green ~ hmmm. But you can keep those spiny 'gumball' fruits they drop!
@angievega Thanks, Angie! I'm just the passer-by. This was taken on a footpath between the parking lot I used this day and my office building.
@michelleyoung Exactly what I thought when I saw the image on the monitor. It had to be the day's post!
@sitiodown Yeah, once they burst with color, you better snap! Much wind at all and the shot is gone! But finding this one on the ground was fortunate. Oh, I am very, very glad we don't have one of these trees in our yard (or on either side of us!)!
@jbritt The title occurred to me without thought when I took the shot.
@digitalrn The sweet gum tree has leaves with an unmistakable shape, that's for sure!
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@michelleyoung Exactly what I thought when I saw the image on the monitor. It had to be the day's post!
@sitiodown Yeah, once they burst with color, you better snap! Much wind at all and the shot is gone! But finding this one on the ground was fortunate. Oh, I am very, very glad we don't have one of these trees in our yard (or on either side of us!)!
@jbritt The title occurred to me without thought when I took the shot.
@digitalrn The sweet gum tree has leaves with an unmistakable shape, that's for sure!
@dandtsgal Thanks! I did, too [obviously!]!