"How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days." ~ John Burroughs

Arizona Autumns tend to be blessed by a long season of leaves growing old. Long after the beauty of the hills has faded to winter, beautiful leaves full of light and color are still found through November and into December in the lower desert areas where. Photographed at Boyce Thompson Arboretum in mid-November -- and colors here had not peaked yet.