...and oddities.
Our seven-sons tree is just starting to bloom....a sure sign of the end of summer.
And...there are a few oddities of this time of year too....like these insect galls on the underside of the sumac branches. There's a lot of them this year!
They are actually a sac that gets formed around aphid eggs. It's kind of disturbing....and fascinating at the same time.
In the category of oddities, my kids were taught the name of those galls by good friends of theirs who called them Monkey Farts : )
ReplyDeleteHa ha....what a great name! I'll think of that everytime I see them.....and smile!
DeleteI love those colors. Your leaves are just a bit further along than ours here in southern New England.
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It's amazing the difference a few miles north. We used to see it clearly when we frequently traveled between Lexington and Portland...just two hours difference. I love the colors of fall too! Even the insect galls.
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