Sean Kirst: That stunning fluorescent green? It's 'Leaf Day' in many Syracuse neighborhoods

Sean Kirst: That stunning fluorescent green? It's 'Leaf Day' in many Syracuse neighborhoods

Happy ‘Leaf Day.’ Well, that’s what I call it, at least. This day is always special in a quiet way in this community. It is the moment — an explosion of mysterious beauty — when all the Norway maples in Syracuse (at least in my end of the city this morning, near Elmwood Park) burst into leaf at once in a stunning wave of fluorescent green. It is aching and extraordinary. And it never lasts for long. To me, these days are as memorable and worth c…