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<\/p>\nWe just went through our “fall” — a span of about three days when all the deciduous trees in metropolitan Phoenix lose all their leaves all at once.<\/p>\n
Why does it happen this way? Because it never gets cold enough for leaf-bearing trees to behave the way they do where you live.<\/p>\n
Instead, right about this time of year, the trees start to bud with new leaves, and the buds push the old leaves out of the way.<\/p>\n
Witness:<\/p>\n
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That tree is budding now, and the smell of the flowers is heavenly.<\/p>\n
And not to rub your nose in our ubiquitous natural beauty, but this cute little guy lives in a palm tree at a home I have listed for sale:<\/p>\n
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