I recently spent a few days in Highland County, Virginia, where there are a multitude of Sugar Maple trees (Acer saccharum). They are ubiquitous in those mountains. Here at home, in the mountains of Greene County, they are not as common. At my altitude there are a few and further up they are a bit more common.

Along a trail up here, this Sugar Maple leaf had fallen to the ground. Just beginning to reflect the season. It was slowly losing its green before it took its tumble. Yellow sneaking in to take its place. Most leaves are green up here at the moment. Slowly, slowly, things will change.