October arrives in the Pacific Northwest with a particular quality of light, lower now and more considered, and with the canopy beginning its annual redistribution of what summer held aloft. The land is communicating something about its readiness for rest, and a commercial landscape that has been well-maintained through the growing season earns a different […]
The big-leaf maple does not release its foliage with hesitation. It considers the matter through September, reaches whatever internal consensus governs these things in mid-October, and then acts decisively. What arrives on the turf below is not a gradual seasonal transition. It is a redistribution. For residential and commercial properties across the Snohomish County area, […]