sneaky color

I kept trying to take pictures of the beginning of the color

change.

It kept raining too much. There was nothing much but green. Then the sun came out.

A few leaves turn among many still green.

In these, the veins haven't changed color yet.

Here's a whole little tree turned gold among the many green ones.

See that little red patch just left of center?

I have sassafras trees! I knew there must be some somewhere on 48 acres,

but I never spotted them until they turned red. In the spring, sassafras tea to "thin the blood."

To add to the Kentucky-ness of this, I found a pawpaw patch, too, but too deep in the shade for a picture.