It is our task in our time and in our generation, to hand down undiminished to those who come after us … the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.
Go Native! North Carolina
"But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind." — Job 12:7-10
Go Native! North Carolina 
Those blue ridges are getting some other colors mixed in.
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The chlorophyll is reluctant to let go this year.
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Our normally meager color is even more meager this year because of the late heat. Some trees drop their leaves while still green, or just barely yellowing.
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