Winter

They said it would happen.

Yesterday it snowed pretty heavily, although it all mysteriously vanished by the afternoon. Last week we had days in the 70s. This week, 30s.

The sky is getting grayer and grayer. I've heard that in Cleveland you won't see the sun for five months in a row. I think that's starting.

Plus it's getting dark early.

There are still some leaves and red berries on a few trees. The squirrels here are reddish. (I think they're fox squirrels, not eastern gray squirrels.) They're digging all over the place, hiding the berries and buckeyes. So there'll still be some color--albeit rodenty--when all the leaves are gone.

I'd include pictures, but I'm kind of creeped out by rodents in general.