LEAF ME ALONE

I witnessed a wonderous spectacle of nature yesterday morning as I awoke in Bastrop yesterday. The temperature was right at 30 degrees, and upon walking outside to greet the day, I watched pecan tree leaves falling literally like rain from mine and my neighbors pecan trees.

Indeed, I went in and got the family to see this, as I have never seen pecan tree leaves fall like snow or rain from pecan trees before. Indeed, I've never seen any tree do this. For about two hours, all up and down my street and the surrounding streets, I saw leaves falling rapidly from pecan trees. There was little or no wind, so it was literally like it was raining leaves, but only from pecan trees.

I didn't major in science in college, but I surmise that our spring and summer droughts had something do to with it. This fall, we began seeing some of the rain we had been praying for all summer long, and with that rain came the delayed greening of the trees. I'm guessing that with the temperatures dipped to the low thirties, it sent some sort of nature signal to the pecan trees that it was time to shed your leaves.

It was just another miracle from our Lord and from Mother Nature, teaching us again that you can't fool Mother Nature. I've noticed few pecans this year, at least on the trees around us, so maybe that is why the leaves were falling, that the growing season was over.

Maybe one of my genius readers knows the answer to this question.

I hope your pre-holiday season festivities are going well. Ours are, and we are thankful for the bountiful Thanksgiving that we shared with our family and friends.