Cookie Trees

I love this time of year, when all the leaves are changing. The colors peaked here in upstate NY about 2 weeks ago, but most of the trees in my neighborhood change late in the season - and they all turn bright yellow before shedding their leaves.

Seeing this each year always reminds me of a children's book I enjoyed as a child - "The Cookie Tree", by Jay Williams. See how the tree on the cover looks like a big maple who's leaves have turned yellow? So I think about this book as I drive down my street full of big beautiful yellow maple trees.



I wonder where that book is now? Most likely sold for $.25 at a garage sale at some point...

Of course, my trees don't have cookies on them, but I'm pretty sure that's a good thing! ;-)