The big tree
Outside my kitchen window stands a magnificent ash tree. Every year around October its leaves start to fall. At the end of the summer, when some trees are starting to show the first signs that autumn is approaching, the ash tree is still unchanged. It might be that an occasional summer storm makes it lose some leaves and branches, but apart from that it holds up pretty well, even in September. Every year I observe it, looking for signs that autumn has finally defeated it. I k