The Road Taken #ThursdayTreeLove

As apple picking time has arrived in upstate New York, I'll have to feature an apple tree post, but not today.

Instead, I have this walking path in Otsiningo Park, Binghamton, New York for you.

So green, so lush with trees, but in another month, the trees will start to turn color and shed their leaves.  Invisible to us, the initial processes may have already started.

Nature moves in cycles and rhythms known to herself and her creatures, but we "civilized" humans ignore these cycles and rhythms at our peril.  We have caused (or accelerated) climate change, and the world is paying the price.

With the fires impacting so much of the West Coast of the United States, I can only watch in horror from safety many miles (and even more kilometers) away.

These fires are burning thousands and thousands of acres, driving people out of their homes, and producing smoking breathing conditions for millions, including those living in some major cities.  Through blogging, I know several people who have been personally impacted by these fires (and, in real life, a co worker's daughter was impacted enough some three years ago to move from California back to her native New York State).

But those impacted by the fire are only a small part of the population that is, or will be suffering, due to climate change.  The question now becomes: we know the road taken.  Can we get onto a different road, or is it too late?

Will we wake up and listen to nature, to the trees?

Joining Parul and other tree lovers from around the world for #ThursdayTreeLove.