"Sweet and smiling are thy ways,
Beauteous, gold Autumn days."
                    ~Will Carleton

          I love autumn, don’t you? I love the warm, sunny, and breezy days. I love the smell outside. It is so fresh smelling and almost sweet. I love walking through fallen leaves as well. I love that crunch, crunch, crunch sound they make. What do you love most about autumn? What I love most about autumn is the brilliant colors of many of leaves.

          Do you know why the leaves become so beautifully colored this time of year? It is because when the days get shorter and the temperatures get cooler, the leaves produce less chlorophyll which gives the leaves their green color. As the green color disappears, beautiful reds, yellows, and oranges, which were already in the leaf, can be seen. This fall we have had some very warm days and even quite warm nights; this is why we have so many brilliant reds in the leaves this year. The heat in fall makes the red more visible. Don't we have an awesome God to provide all this beauty for us?

          For more information on the changing colors of the leaves in autumn, go to http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.html.

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