I had to scrape frost off my car window this morning. I hate that first morning of scraping...it's been so warm here and now winter is just suddenly barreling down on us. I loved the slow departure of summer, but once again there was no fall...it seems like this will always be a two season part of the world.

We rarely have spring here but autumn is usually magnificent. But it is still hard knowing that winter is close.

Luckily, here in the New Orleans area it is still warm enough that the trees almost stripped of leaves by the 165mph+ winds have been able to put out new little leaves. My live oak tree, which looked pretty bad at first, should look pretty good next summer, especially since I plan to have my tree man fertilize it. And small trees which are almost completely cut back have new growth. It's encouraging.