In easy to understand language the essential natural processes of the changing colors of leaves, why trees shed leaves, and how a pond can still freeze and still support life are explained. Learn the key star constellation which signals the end of summer and the growing season. Learn why the moon's of autumn loom so large in the night sky.

Donna L. Long is a Philadelphia writer, gardener, environmental science educator, and trained naturalist who writes on organic gardening, natural history, and environmental topics. She writes to call attention to those everyday joys and wonders, that make living here on planet Earth so good.