I've seen stranded cats and jumping dogs, all over town.
I've seen the leaves change, from green to brown.
Monkey puzzle trees, house-fires,
Chubby chickens and flat tires,
Bloody sidewalks and bottles of beer,
Even the first snowfall of the year.
Yet I haven't uploaded a single view
Of how the town's changed, for all of you.
So here are some photos, only a few,
Of fall and the winter in Futaleufú!
These trees are called álamos; there is a street in Santiago named the Alameda because of the trees that line it. I'm not sure about our own Alamo -- according to the ever-dependable Wiki, the Mexican Army named it, so it's possible that it refers to the same trees...
The line of red trees occurs in the fall and lasts through the spring. They are called lenga, and the ones that stay green are called coigüe. The lenga don't lose their leaves -- they just change color, due in part to the high altitude, as well as the cold, of course. The coigüe are victims of the logging industry down south here, though I shouldn't criticize too much because it's what keeps us warm. I found that these color changes were the most impressively pretty part of the autumn here, especially on sunny blue days and with snow.
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