Then eventually the leaves reach their climax and everyone just stands and says Wow! The window cleaner, the gardener, the handyman and all my visitors! It is now in the lap of the Gods as to how long I will be able to enjoy the spectable, the leaves survived the gales the other day, but we have more coming tonight into Sunday , but hopefully the tree is well protected where it is and they will last a bit longer before I have to rake them all up!