In Southern California, the normal scenery is beige in the hills during the winter – lately, black – but in the towns, landscaping tends to be green year round.
Seldom do you find leaves changing like you do back east – which is anything inland from the Pacific! – but in our front yard we have a tulip tree. In the summer, the shade and leaves keep our house cool, to the point we seldom have the air conditioner on. In the winter, with fewer leaves and shorter days, the light comes in the windows, and the branches are silhouetted against the sky.
And as the year ends, it drops it leaves. This year, we had a short cold snap that came with rain, and the leaves are so beautiful, more so than usual. Soon they will all drop off. I caught this picture in the late, late afternoon.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 