By Richard B. Primack
“The deep places in the river are not so obvious as the shallow ones and can only be found by carefully probing. So perhaps it is with human nature.” Henry David Thoreau in his Journal.
The changing of leaf color was delayed this autumn due to warmer and more rainy than usual weather. Many leaves simply changed to brown and fell from the trees without first showing off their brilliant coloring.
On the last Saturday in October, the weather was in the 70s. My son Dan and I went on a long kayaking trip on the Charles River to enjoy the autumn scenery.
Video 1. As we launched our kayaks, the leaves were tumbling out of the trees.
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| Photo 1. Many river trees still had their green leaves. |
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| Photo 2. Oak leaves had either fallen off or were persisting as dead brown leaves. |
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| Photo 3. Shadows on the reeds cast a dark band across the river edge. |
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| Photo 4. Dead branches of rose mallow topped with capsules emerged from the river margin. |
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| Photo 5. Beavers left this tree still standing; perhaps they will return the next day to finish their job. |
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