Falling leaves
I’m still struggling with getting my head around the seasons up here in the Wet Tropics. It’s not all that wet in the Dry season, we haven’t had rain for ages. The trees are losing their leaves, are naked for 3 seconds, and are now bursting with “Spring” growth. This happens all in the space of a week it seems - no time to waste up here. Spring, 4 days old and already it’s averaging 30 deg C each day.
The Beach Almond stand of trees out front are kindly sending me their brilliant red leaves inside the house each day.
The parrots are having a ball eating and then throwing down the cherry red seeds. The thick red canopy is quite impressive.
I didn’t think I’d see any decidous trees this far north, and was worried the tree was dying, until my neighbour told me otherwise. No one seems to be a fan of the fallen leaves. If only they could have seen my tree that dropped a real amount of leaves…
…the Liquid Amber at my old house was MASSIVE. Wonderful tree for an acreage or large city park, lousy for a suburban front yard with power lines. It dropped a very impressive amount of autumn clothes each year.
I didn’t mind the leaves. It was always a pleasure to hear them crunch underfoot, or to rake them into a mountain. I used to stand back and watch the boy, the dog and the cat play in them for ages.
Now in the early evening we hear rustling in the leaves - the canetoads are back.
