Plane trees at night...

   As I suspected, our newly shorn plane trees are at their best--and scariest--at night. Imagine you're five years old and you look out of your bedroom window to see.....this.

   The two-headed monster of Léran. He can move and bend, you know. The sturdy clubs on his heads are used to whack passers-by...who are dragged away and never seen again.

   See those outstretched arms? As the hours go by, the trees slowly advance towards each other and join in a stately dance. At least, that's the story. No one who has seen it has lived to tell the tale.