Gone Yellow

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Every autumn the pines shed about a third of their needles. First, though, those turn yellow.

When I bought this house there were no trees in the yard, except for two small maples by the street. The first summer I bought a spruce and couple maples; the evergreen has thrived, and my maples did well until a twister got 'em. The next summer I added three then-very-small white pines. They've grown quite tall.

The village's maples, along the road, remain quite small; I suspect they unintentionally planted dwarves.