July 28

The breeze is gentle today, just enough that it is noticeable in the delicate birch leaves, which move in independence from one another so that the effect creates an almost shimmering look to the tree. These leaves are like tiny hands, waving about in the most subtle of winds.

The birch leaves will show the autumnal change before the others, though less dramatically so. When it is time, these leaves will slowly turn a yellow shade, all the while continuing their playful motion. And then, almost as one they will descend, as if exhaustion from months of summer dance has taken its toll.